The 

JAMES  A.  THOMAS 
COLLECTION 


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ON  FREE  PUBLIC  VIEW 

FROM  9  a.  m.  UNTIL  6  p.  m. 

AT  THE  AMERICAN  ART  GALLERIES 

MADISON  SQUARE  SOUTH,  NEW  YORK 

BEGINNING  SATURDAY,  JANUARY  29th,  1921 

AND  CONTINUING  UNTIL  THE  DAY  OF  THE  SALE 

I 


THE  NOTABLE 

YAMANAKA  COLLECTION 

OF 

ARTISTIC  ORIENTAL  OBJECTS  AND 
DECORATIVE  ART 


TO  BE  SOLD  AT  UNRESTRICTED  PUBLIC  SALE 

AT  THE  AMERICAN  ART  GALLERIES 

ON  THE  AFTERNOONS  OF  THURSDAY,  FRIDAY  AND  SATURDAY, 
FEBRUARY  3rd,  4th  AND  5th,  AT  2  O’CLOCK,  AND 
ON  FRIDAY  EVENING,  FEBRUARY  4th,  AT  8.15  O’CLOCK 


No.  320 — Nobi.e  I,ang-yao  Vase 


ILLUSTRATED  CATALOGUE 


OF  AN  EXCEEDINGLY  IMPORTANT 
COLLECTION  OF 

ARTISTIC  ORIENTAL  OBJECTS 

AND 

DECORATIVE  ART 

WHICH  THE  OWNERS  HAVE  BEEN  THREE  YEARS 
IN  ASSEMBLING 


TO  BE  SOLD  AT  UNRESTRICTED  PUBLIC  SALE 

BY  DIRECTION  OF  THE  OWNERS 

THE  WELL-KNOWN  HOUSE  OF 

YAM  AN  AKA  &  CO. 

NEW  YORK— JAPAN— CHINA— LONDON 
ON  THE  AFTERNOONS  AND  EVENING  HEREIN  STATED 


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THE  SALE  TO  BE  CONDUCTED  BY 

MR.  THOMAS  E.  KIRBY 

AND  HIS  ASSISTANTS,  Mr.  OtTO  BERNET  AND  Mr.  H.  H.  PaRKE,  OF  THE 

AMERICAN  ART  ASSOCIATION,  Managers 

MADISON  SQUARE  SOUTH,  NEW  YORK 
1921 


THE  AMERICAN  ART  ASSOCIATION 

DESIGNS  ITS  CATALOGUES  AND  DIRECTS 
ALL  DETAILS  OF  ILLUSTRATION 
TEXT  AND  TYPOGRAPHY 


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WITHIN  A  HOUSE  BEAUTIFUL 

To  be  amid  the  tasteful  objects  here  brought  together  is  to 
be  within  a  house  beautiful,  though  the  house  itself  were  not 
there.  Almost  one  would  construct  the  house  for  them.  Beauty 
in  its  eternal  principles  is  here,  and  speaking  in  tongues  of  the 
ancient  Orient  is  eloquent  in  the  universal  language  of  civilization. 
With  the  objects  of  beauty  are  others  of  curiosity,  and  with 
masterpieces  there  are  productions  less  distinguished  but  of  artis¬ 
tic  achievement  still.  The  works  of  the  accomplished  artisan 
accompany  those  of  the  inspired  artist,  with  loss  of  attraction  to 
neither.  The  delicacy  of  Japan  in  the  arts  makes  its  own  appeal 
beside  the  primitive  pictorialism  of  Korea  and  the  refined  fictilia 
of  Cathay. 

The  Messrs.  Yamanaka  and  Company','  who  have  not  recently 
appeared  with  a  collection  at  auction  in  the  public  sales  room,  have 
desired  to  make  an  exhibition  of  decorative  art  along  the  lines  in 
which  the}'  specialize,  an  exhibition  of  artistic  Oriental  objects  to 
make  a  home  beautiful,  and  for  the  last  three  years  they  have 
been  assembling  those  which  are  here  brought  together. 

Though  it  is  well  known  that  not  much  has  come  to  the  outer 
world  from  the  interior  of  China  of  recent  years,  yet  Yamanaka 
and  Company  have  been  able  from  time  to  time  to  obtain  a  few 
pieces.  Some  other  pieces  that  are  seen  here  have  not  before  been 
publicly  shown.  Others  still  are  drawn  from  the  abounding  diver¬ 
sity  of  the  Yamanakas’  New  York  home,  whose  museum-like  and 
just  faintly  mystical  atmosphere  and  aspect  hide  its  range  of 
contents  from  large  numbers  of  New  Yorkers,  and  others,  who 
would  be  deeply  interested  therein  could  they  but  know.  The 
result  is  an  esthetical  assemblage,  including  objects  unique  in  their 
several  fields,  offered  to  the  appreciative  in  these  galleries  of  the 
Amrican  Art  Association. 

China,  Japan  and  Chosen  (Korea)  are  represented,  in  por¬ 
celain  and  pottery,  painting  and  sculpture,  tapestry  and  embroid¬ 
ery,  in  bronze  and  pewter,  stone  and  marble,  in  wood  and  lacquer 
and  silk  and  velvet,  in  enamels,  and  in  fine  jades  and  other  precious 
and  semi-precious  stones,  in  woven  garments  of  state  and  in  orna¬ 
mental  hangings,  in  the  minute  carvings  of  snuff  bottles  and  the 


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grand  sculpture  of  heroic  statues,  in  objects  of  ritual  observance, 
in  coats  and  furniture- — a  notable  complex  of  ornamentation,  for 
individual  or  for  home,  for  the  intimacy  of  the  study  or  for  a 
spacious  exterior  environment. 

There  is,  too,  an  informative  side  to  this  exhibition,  which  in 
its  effects  will  be  intensified  through  the  sale  distribution.  And 
among  its  other  phases  there  is  a  spirituality,  emphasized  in  some 
of  the  paintings,  and  notably  in  an  early  drawing  of  a  Lohan  in 
simple  black  and  white. 

Those  of  the  ancient  paintings  on  silk  and  canvas  which  are 
mounted  in  modern  frames  as  panels  have  been  carefully  mounted 
so  that  they  cannot  split — backed  by  canvas,  then  by  crossed 
paper,  and  this  upon  broad  wooden  cradles. 

The  care  in  tasteful  selection  and  expert  classification  which 
has  distinguished  the  Yamanaka  sales  that  heretofore  have  been 
held  in  these  galleries  has  been  exercised  with  equal  diligence  in 
presenting  the  present  exhibition. 

There  is  an  important  imperial  throne  screen  in  the  collection, 
and  an  imperial  crown.  The  Tibetan  printed  velvets  are  a  rarity. 
Among  the  birdcages  are  two  of  cloisonne  enamel  on  standards, 
instead  of  suspended;  there  are  important  objects  in  fei-ts’ui  jade, 
and  unusual  coral  figures ;  there  are  glass  aquaria  and  porcelain 
fishbowls,  and  there  are  jardinieres  of  porcelain  and  pottery,  and 
potteries  of  the  Ming,  Yuan,  Sung,  T’ang  and  Han  dynasties. 
There  are  various  examples  of  Museum  dignity. 

Dana  H.  Carroll. 


New  York,  December,  1920. 


CONDITIONS  OF  SALE 


1.  Any  bid  which  is  merely  a  nominal  or  fractional  advance 
may  be  rejected  by  the  auctioneer,  if,  in  his  judgment,  such  bid 
would  be  likely  to  affect  the  sale  injuriously. 

2.  The  highest  bidder  shall  be  the  buyer,  and  if  any  dispute 
arise  between  two  or  more  bidders,  the  auctioneer  shall  either  de¬ 
cide  the  same  or  put  up  for  re-sale  the  lot  so  in  dispute. 

3.  Payment  shall  be  made  of  all  or  such  part  of  the  pur¬ 
chase  money  as  may  be  required,  and  the  names  and  addresses  of 
the  purchasers  shall  be  given  immediately  on  the  sale  of  every  lot, 
in  default  of  which  the  lot  so  purchased  shall  be  immediately  put 
up  again  and  re-sold. 

Payment  of  that  part  of  the  purchase  money  not  made  at 
the  time  of  sale  shall  be  made  within  ten  days  thereafter,  in  de¬ 
fault  of  which  the  undersigned  may  either  continue  to  hold  the 
lots  at  the  risk  of  the  purchaser  and  take  such  action  as  may  be 
necessary  for  the  enforcement  of  the  sale,  or  may  at  public  or 
private  sale,  and  without  other  than  this  notice,  re-sell  the  lots 
for  the  benefit  of  such  purchaser,  and  the  deficiency  (if  any)  aris¬ 
ing  from  such  re-sale  shall  be  a  charge  against  such  purchaser. 

4.  Delivery  of  any  purchase  will  be  made  only  upon  pay¬ 
ment  of  the  total  amount  due  for  all  purchases  at  the  sale. 

Deliveries  will  be  made  on  sales  days  between  the  hours  of 
9  A.  M.  and  1  P.  M.,  and  on  other  days — except  holidays — 
between  the  hours  of  9  A.  INI.  and  5  P.  M. 

Delivery  of  any  purchase  will  be  made  only  at  the  American 
Art  Galleries,  or  other  place  of  sale,  as  the  case  may  be,  and  only 
on  presenting  the  bill  of  purchase. 

Delivery  may  be  made,  at  the  discretion  of  the  Association, 
of  any  purchase  during  the  session  of  the  sale  at  which  it  was  sold. 


The  American  art  Association 

MANAGERS 

SALE  AT  THE  AMERICAN  ART  GALLERIES 

Collection  of 

MESSRS.  YAMANAKA  &  CO. 

Afternoons  of  February  3,  4  and  5,  and 
Evening  of  February  4,  1921 

To  save  time  and  to  prevent  mistakes  each  Purchaser  will 
oblige  the  Manager  by  filling  in  this  slip  and  handing  it 
to  the  Record  Clerk  or  Sales  Attendant  on  making  the  first 
purchase. 

Purchaser’s  Name 
Address  in  Full 


Amount  of  Deposit 


FIRST  AFTERNOON’S  SALE 


THURSDAY,  FEBRUARY  3,  1921 

AT  THE  AMERICAN  ART  GALLERIES 


BEGINNING  AT  2  O’CLOCK 


BEAUTIFUL  SNUFF  BOTTLES,  JADE  AND  CORAL 

CARVINGS 

1 — Imperial  Yellow  Glass  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 
Flattened  globular  form  with  delicate  foot  and  short  neck. 
Opaque  imperial  yellow  glass  with  surface  of  soft  brilliance. 
Teakwood  stand. 


y1  Ms- 

-Soapstone  Snuff  Bottle  Ch'ien-lung 

Flattened  spheroidal  form.  Dark  red-brown  soapstone, 
carved  in  cavo-rilievo  with  boys  playing  under  pine  trees 
in  a  garden,  before  an  imbricated  background  intricately 
incised.  Seal  mark.  Has  stand. 


3— 

SJO 


JX- 


Cameo-glass  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Flattened  flask  shape,  in  snow-flake  glass,  with  horses  and 
bats  carved  in  relief  in  black  and  opalescent  strata.  Teak- 
wood  stand. 


First  Afternoon 


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-Turquoise  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lwng 

Flattened  ovoid  jar  form.  Turquoise-matrix  of  dark  green¬ 
ish-turquoise  mottlings,  in  its  natural  state  with  soft  polish. 
Has  stand. 


5 — Ancient  Glass  Snuff  Bottle  Sung 

Flattened  globular  form.  Dense  blue  glass  retaining  an 
^  vi  azure  translucence,  crackled,  and  curiously  marked  by  soft 

gray  seams  of  decay.  Teakwood  stand. 

P 

Q — Glass  Snuff  Bottle  Ch'ien-lung 

Brilliant  white  glass  shaped  as  a  fruit  of  the  Buddha’s-hand 
-X  citron.  ^  , 

7 —  Agate  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

^ q  Flattened  globular  flask  form;  mottled  yellowish  sugary 

agate,  with  softer  tones  and  notes  of  deep  seal  brown,  pol¬ 
ished  to  a  mirror  surface,  and  on  one  face  carved  with  a  bird 
under  a  tree.  Teakwood  stand.  y  ^  y  / 

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8 —  Smoke  Crystal  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Bulbous  flask  shape.  Dense  smoke  crystal  with  mirror-black 
surface,  and  a  decoration  of  the  wild  prunus  tree  in  blossom 
carved  in  light  relief.  Has  stand. 


9- 


-Aquamarine  Twin  Snuff  Bottles  Ch’ien-lung 

Double-gourd  form,  entwined  by  the  parent  vine  bearing 
smaller  fruits,  carved  in  high  relief  and  undercut ;  stoppers 
continuing  the  motive.  Carved  stand. 

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10 — Ivory  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

vTo  Bulbous  flask  shape  with  expanding  neck.  Deep  and  bold 
carving  throughout,  displaying  birds  and  blossoms — the 
lotus,  peony  and  other  flora.  Tinted  details  and  mellow 
patina.  Has  stand. 


Height,  3%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


'^l^^MaKE^K^TAL  SnUFF  BoTTLE 


Ch’ien-lung 


Ovoidal  jar  form  with  bell-shaped  stopper.  Richly  carved 
decoration  m  high  relief  and  undercutting,  presenting  the 
phoenix  and  peonies,  and  swallows  in  a  blossoming  plum  tree. 
Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  3*4  inches. 


// 

12— Amber  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Globular-jar  form,  flattened;  opaque  amber  in  dark  seal 
and  light  tawny-brown  marbling,  taking  a  brilliant  mirror 
polish.  Teakwood  stand. 


4 


13 — Inlaid  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Hexagonal,  somewhat  flattened,  diapered  in  mother-of-pearl 
and  gilt  inlay  in  bronze,  in  delicate  floral  design,  with 
chrysanthemum  sprays  on  the  shoulder.  Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  3  inches. 


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11 — Ivory  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Large  flask  form  with  retired  foot  and  broad  shoulder.  Ex¬ 
quisitely  carved  in  cavo-rilievo  with  garden  trees  and  grace¬ 
ful  ladies.  Rich  mellow  patina  and  traces  of  soft  vermilion 
lacquering.  Seal  mark.  Has  stand. 

Height,  3%  inches. 

15 — Ivory  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Elliptical  cone-shaped,  with  the  imperial  emblems,  the 
dragon  and  phoenix,  in  flat-carving,  the  bodies  and  plumage 
ornamented  by  delicate  incision  and  the  whole  toned  in  soft 
vermilion  lacquer.  Silver  mounted  coral  stopper.  Has 
stand. 


16 — Aquamarine  Snuff  Bottle  and  Stopper  Ch’ien-lung 
In  form  of  an  ovoid  jar  with  dome  cover,  embraced  by  the 
branches  of  a  pine  tree  carved  in  high  relief  and  undercut¬ 
ting,  a  stork  and  a  song  bird  adding  to  the  adornment. 
Teakwood  stand. 


First  Afternoon 

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Amber  Snuff 


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Bottle  Ch’ieti-lung 

Full-bodied  flask  shape,  with  monster-head  and  ring  handles 
in  low  relief.  Dense  opaque  amber  of  light  yellowish-brown 
tones  and  marbleized  structure,  brightly  polished.  Silver 
<>ilt  stopper.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  3  inch 

Jade  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’i 


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Has  stand. 


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form 


of  an  egg. 


19—  Gl  ass  Snuff  Bottle 

White  glass  of  ground  glass  aspect  and  dim  lustre,  fash¬ 
ioned  as  an  egg.  H  as  stand. 

20 —  Amber  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 
Ovoidal  flask  shape,  the  entire  surface  below  the  neck  carved 
in  relief  with  Fu-lions  at  sport  with  the  brocaded  ball.  Fine 
brown  amber  with  golden  translucence.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  3  inches. 

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21—  Jade  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Fresh  fig  shape.  Pure  white  jade,  carved  in  relief  with 
Shou-lao  afoot  and  a  traveler  riding  an  ass,  both  attended, 
in  a  landscape  of  mountains  and  pines.  Soft  polish.  Teak¬ 
wood  stand.  ,  / 

Mu, 

22 —  Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-jCunt 

Flattened  flask  shape,  with  pink  tourmaline  stopper  and 
ivory  spoon.  White  jade  with  rarely  beautiful  and  abund¬ 
ant  markings  of  rich  emerald-green,  a  fine  and  delicate  trans¬ 
lucence  and  brilliant  polish.  Teakwood  stand. 

23 —  Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Flask  shape,  one  face  flat,  the  other  rounded;  the  flattened 
face  a  delicate  tone  of  soft  emerald-green,  the  rounded  side 
of  pure  white  jade,  and  both  brightly  polished.  Teakwood 
stand. 


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First  Afternoon 

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J4T 


-Sea-pine  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Bulbous  flask  form,  with  retired  foot  and  beaded  lip ;  both 
foot  and  lip  carrying  incised  fret-scroll.  Body  finely  carved, 
deeply  and  in  bold  relief,  with  figures  of  five  Lohan,  one  of 
them  with  ju-i  sceptre  commanding  even  the  power  of  the 
dragon.  Of  pine  long  buried  in  the  sea,  with  a  rich  black 
patina.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  3  inches. 


25 —  Coral  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Pear  shape  with  delicate  foot.  Dextrouslv  fashioned  with  a 
fine  sense  of  proportion,  in  richly  mottled  soft  pink  coral 
taking  a  polish  of  veiled  mirror  lustre.  Teakwood  stand. 

Mu 

26 —  Ivory  Snuff  Bottle  -  Ch'ien-luni 

Large  flask  form.  Boldly  carved  in  cavo-rilievo  with  numer¬ 
ous  figures  in  and  about  pavilions,  and  saddled  horses  teth¬ 
ered  to  trees.  Details  delicately  tinted.  Mellow  patina. 
Has  stand. 

Height,  3%  inches. 

27 —  Smoke  Crystal  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Fresh-fig  shape  enclosed  within  the  embracing  branches  of 
pine  trees  on  which  birds  are  perched,  and  beneath  which  are 
seen  a  boy  on  a  buffalo,  a  man  fishing  (successfully)  and 
other  figures,  carved  in  hold  relief  and  undercut.  Stopper 
of  Chinese  ruby  carved  with  bird  and  branch.  Teakwood 


stand. 


Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Oviform,  slightly  flattened,  the  entire  surface  given  to  fine 
bas-relief  carving,  representing  a  female  immortal  carrying 
a  branch  of  peonies,  and  birds  flying  about  her.  Richly 
toned  fei-ts’ui  jade  brightly  polished,  with  pink  tourmaline 
stopper.  Teakwood  stand. 


First  Afternoon 


2  -P 

29 — Imperial  Yellow  Glass  Snuff  Bott 


,e  Cli’ien-lung 

Flattened  pear  shape.  Translucent  imperial  yellow  glass  of 
.  brilliant  surface,  finely  carved  in  low  relief  with  four  many 
(land  dragons)  in  symmetrical  arrangement.  Teakwood 

stand-  O  ■  iUf. 

30 — Ivory  Snuff  Bottle  Clfien-lung 

JDeep  inverted  bell  shape,  oval  in  contour,  with  powerfully 

conceived  and  vigorous^  executed  carving  of  the  dragon- 

horse  galloping  over  waves.  Rich  patina  in  reds  and  warm 
brown.  Has  stand. 


Height,  3  inches. 


31- 


-Amber  Snuff  Bottle  Cli'ien-lung 

Flattened  flask  shape,  carved  in  relief  with  female  figures 
surrounded  by  boys.  Brown  amber  with  golden  trans- 
lucence.  Incised  seal  mark.  Has  staad. 

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32 — Amber  Snuff  Bottle  Clitfien-lung 

Flask  shape,  carved  in  relief  with  young  ladies  and  playful 
boys  in  a  garden.  Brown,  with  golden  translucence.  Incised 
seal  mark.  Has  stand. 


First  Afternoon 


Flask  shape  with  retired  foot  and  broad  and  flattened 
shoulder,  the  entire  circumference  carved  in  deep  intaglio- 
cameo  and  undercutting  with  forest  trees,  rocks  and  brush, 
and  sages  afoot  and  in  pavilions.  Has  stand. 


34 — Jade  Snuff  Bottle 


Height,  Sy4  inches. 


Ch’ien-lung 

Palmate,  carved  as  a  hag  gathered  at  the  neck,  and  with 
delicate  flowers  in  relief  at  the  foot.  Pui’e  white  jade  with 


soft  polish.  Silver  stopper. 
35 — Jade  Snuff  Bottle 


£>.  d'f'* 

Ch’ien-lung 


Flattened  pear  shape  with  delicate  foot.  Pure  white  jade 
brightly  polished.  Has  stand. 


Jade  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Angular,  the  sides  fashioned  in  three  planes,  and  the  faces 
carved  in  relief  with  broadly  facetted  medallions.  Pure 
white  jade  brilliantly  polished.  Has  stand. 


First  Afternoon 


37 —  Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Flattened  flask  shape  with  delicate  foot.  Fei-ts’ui  jade  of 
rich  and  tine  emerald-green,  lightly  mottled,  and  brilliantly 
polished.  Has  stand.  (Q 

38 —  Glass  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Flattened  pear  shape  with  all  sides  broadly  facetted.  In 

/2-  brilliant  hues  of  crimson  and  light  orange-yellow.  Has 
stand. 

Height,  3ys  inches. 


Has 


39 —  Cameo-glass  Snuff  Bottle  '  (JH  ten-lung 

0  0  Flattened  pear  shape,  in  brilliant  white  glass,  with  relief 

carvings  of  a  gourd  vine  in  bearing  in  wine  red. 

Mu- 

40 —  Ameer  Snuff  Bottle  CS  Ch’ien-lwfy 

Flask  shape,  with  animal-mask  and  ring  handles  in  light 
relief.  Opaque  amber  of  mottled  orange-yellow,  brightly 
polished.  Has  stand. 

41 —  Amber  Snuff  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Bulbous  flask  form,  with  lion-mask  and  ring  handles  in 
relief.  Opaque  yellowish-brown  amber  mottled  with  rich 
seal  brown,  and  brightly  polished.  Has  stand. 


First  Afternoon 


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42- 


-Amber  Snuff 
Flask  form,  the  entire  surface  carved  in  relief  with  birds, 
flowers  and  figures,  the  figure  composition  on  one  face  pictur¬ 
ing  the  youthful  Sze  Ma  Kuang,  later  the  famous  eleventh 
century  statesman,  saving  his  comrade  from  drowning  in 
the  fish  jar.  Brown  amber  with  golden  translucence  and 
brilliant  polish.  Incised  seal  mark.  Has  stand. 


inches. 


43- 


Pair  Jade  Wine  Cups  '  Ch’ien-lung 

Bell  shape  with  delicately  expanding  rim  and  short  foot. 
Delicate  white  jade  with  snowy  translucence  and  luminous 
polish.  Teakwood  stands. 


>et  of  Three  White  Jade  Seals  Ch’ien-lung 

Blocks  of  fine  translucent  white  jade  brilliantly  polished,  all 
quadrilateral,  one  oblong  and  two  square  the  former  carved 
with  a  dragon  handle,  the  latter  having  handles  in  the  form 
of  lions  carved  in  high  relief  and  undercut.  Have  stands. 

Heights ,  3 Vi  and  3~/8  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


415 — Jade  Wine  Cup  Ch’ien-lung 

Ovoid  with  low  foot;  pure  white  jade  of  snow-flake  translu- 
cence,  unadorned  and  with  soft  polish.  ^ACeakwopd  stand. 


46 — Sea-pine  Snuff  Bottle 


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Deep  elliptical  contour  with  flat  shoulder  and  low  foot.  Its 
substance,  pine  which  has  been  long-  under  the  sea,  and  now 
in  the  protuberant  surfaces  of  the  carving  showing  a  patina 
as  of  highly  polished  ebony.  The  carving  on  one  face  pre¬ 
sents  the  incident  of  Chang  Liang,  who  later  was  instru¬ 
mental  in  the  founding  of  the  Han  dynasty  and  became  one 
of  its  ministers,  picking  up  the  fallen  sandal  of  Hwang  Shi 
Kung  the  Yellow  Stone  Elder.  Chang  Liang  is  known  as 
one  of  the  Three  Heroes  of  China  (his  name  in  Japanese, 
Chorio),  and  the  shoe  incident  is  a  favorite  one  in  art,  the 
story  of  it  too  long  to  tell  here.  The  carving  of  the  oppo¬ 
site  face  also  relates  to  a  legend,  that  of  the  Four  Sleepers, 
and  pictures  two  of  them,  Shih  Te  and  Hanzan,  the  latter 
expounding  a  scroll  to  his  friend.  The  two  lived  like  mad¬ 
men  in  the  kitchen  of  Kuo  Ching  Ssu  monastery  (their  Jap¬ 
anese  names,  Jittoku  and  Kanzan).  Has  stand. 


Heigh 

47—  White  Jade  Parrot 

^  Curling  over  its  perch,  with  wings  folded,  the  plumage  in 
delicate  relief  and  lightly  incised.  Ivory  perch  stand  in 
lotus  motive. 

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48 —  Lapis-lazuli  Bird 

A  parrot  with  wings  raised  and  feathers  incised  and  carved 
in  light  relief,  in  lapis-lazuli  of  dull  lustre.  Green  tinted 
ivory  perch  stand. 

*s  Length,  3  inches. 

49 —  Soapstone  Figure  Group  C/i’ ien-lung 
Monju,  goddess  of  wisdom,  seated  on  a  recumbent  lion;  the 
borders  of  her  embroidered  robes  incised  and  jeweled,  and 
the  lion’s  eyes  jeweled.  In  waxen  soapstone,  with  chicken’s- 
blood  flushes  at  the  back.  Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  3  inches 


50 — Amethyst  Bird 


First  Afternoon 


&O.  A  parrot  with  wings  partly  spread,  and  feathers  carved  in 
delicate  relief  and  incised,  in  amethyst  of  varying  tone.  On 
an  ivory  rustic  perch  stand,  with  cruciform  base. 


51 — Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Parrot 


With  wings  raised  and  inquiring  head  turned  back  over  its 
shoulder;  carved  in  fei-ts’ui  jade  with  fine  emerald  markings, 
and  soft  polish.  Green  tinted  ivory  perch  stand. 


52 — Agate  Ornament 


Length,  3  inches. 

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efo.  Figm*e  of  a  peacock  with  tail  erect  and  wings  partly 
spread,  carved  in  dark  green  and  dark  reddish  agate.  On 
teakwood  perch  stand  carved  in  openwork  in  plum-tree 
motive.  Height.  314  inches. 

53 — Rock  Crystal  Ornament 
<$  O  Figure  of  a  peacock  perched,  with  head  turned  to  one  side, 
its  feathers  lightly  incised.  On  teakwood  perch. 


Length,  3  inches. 

54 — Fei-ts’iti  Jade  Ornament  Ch’ien-lung 

Figure  of  a  cow  lying  down,  with  a  boy  climbing  upon  its 
back,  and  in  front  of  him  a  long  curling  leaf  in  richly  mottled 

fei-ts’ui  green.  Teakwood  stand.  Length,  3  inches. 

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55 — Jade  Rouge  Box  with  Cover  Ch’ien-lung 

White  jade  of  liquescent  mutton-fat  aspect,  translucent  and 
with  soft  polish,  carved  as  a  split  cross-section  of  a  tree 
trunk,  conventionalized,  and  adorned  in  delicate  relief.  Seal 
inscription  incised. 


56 — Jade  Dragon  Box  and  Cover  Ch’ien-lung 

J-o  Oval  and  shallow,  the  cover  carved  in  relief  and  pierced,  its 
decoration  a  lung  and  two  mang.  Translucent  white  jade 
with  soft  polish.  Diameter.  3'/2  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


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Ch'ien-lung 


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/j^Cameo-glass  Box  and  Cover 

Cylindrical;  ruby  exterior,  with  cover  medallion  in  white 


carved  with  a  blossoming  plum  tree  in  the  red. 
stand. 


Teakwood 


4o 


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58 — Agate  Cup  Cli'ien-lung 

Semi-globular  with  ju-i  loop  and  loose-ring  handle.  Highly 
polished,  thin  agate,  with  opaque  notes  of  rich  seal  brown 
and  transparent  areas  of  pale  amber  brown.  Teakwood 
stand. 

Diameter,  4  inches. 


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59 — Aquamarine  Vase  with  Cover  Cliien-lung 

Ovoid,  resting  within  the  embrace  of  pine  trees  carved  in 
relief  and  undercutting,  on  rocks  among  the  pines  appearing 
Hotei  and  other  figures.  Dome  cover  with  bird  finial.  Has 
stand. 


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o. 


60 —  Agate  Incense  Burner  and  Cover 
Quatrefoil,  on  four  cabriole  legs.  Delicately  mottled  trans¬ 
lucent  agate.  Surrounding  the  body,  crested  birds,  flowers 
and  fungus,  carved  in  high  relief  and  undercut.  Dome  cover 
similarly  adorned.  Teakwood  stand. 

.  Length*  4 y2  inches. 

61 —  Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Box  and  Cover  Ch'ien-lung 

Circular;  finely  incised  in  floral  and  wave  motives  and  with 
two  fret  borders.  Fei-ts'ui  jade  of  rich  tones,  with  soft 
polish.  Teakwood  stand. 


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62 — Coral  Ornament  in  Openwork  Ch'ien-lung 

Carved  in  the  round  in  coral  of  rich  pink  hue  and  brilliant 
polish,  a  lady  carrying  an  infant  in  her  arms,  at  her  feet 
a  boy  holding  a  peach  of  longevity,  and  back  of  her  a  dragon 
supporting  a  branch  of  the  tree  peony  in  blossom.  Carved 
wood  stand. 


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Heif/ht,  3%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


63- 

Jtt'. 


-Coral  Figure  Group  Ch'ien-lung 

Monju,  goddess  of  wisdom,  is  represented  seated  on  a  lion 
(her  emblem)  whose  ferocity  is  emphasized  by  dragon  char¬ 
acteristics,  which  she  readily  subdues ;  the  lion  rests  its  fore 
paws  on  a  cub;  on  the  goddess’s  knee  is  a  smiling  infant  who 
raises  aloft  a  flower,  attached  to  a  chain  of  twelve  freely- 
playing  links  which  is  held  by  the  goddess  in  an  upraised 
hand.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  3%  inches. 


61 

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Pair  Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Vases 

Amphora  shape;  carved  with  delicate  perfection  of  form 
and  slender  proportions,  in  fei-ts’ui  jade  of  soft  tints  of 
green  and  a  foggy  gray.  Polish  of  soft  brilliancy.  Have 
stands. 

Heigltf,  4 y4  inches. 

65 — White  Jade  Statuette  Ch'ien-lung 

Standing  figure  of  a  female  deity  in  flowing  robes,  a  floral 
branch  held  at  her  shoulder  in  her  right  hand,  and  a  ju-i 
sceptre  held  in  her  left  hand  at  her  breast.  Translucent 
jade  with  a  soft  unctuous  polish.  On  teakwood  stand. 


yx/w 


66 — Jadeite  Chrysanthemum  Dish  C/ti/ien-lung 

Deep  saucer  form,  executed  in  chrysanthemum  motive 
throughout  both  exterior  and  interior  surfaces,  including 
the  delicately-defined  foot,  the  whole  being  carved  in  slender 
petals  in  successive  concentric  tiers,  in  Tibetan  fashion. 
Translucent  grayish-white  jadeite  with  soft  polish.  Teak¬ 
wood  stand. 

Diameter,  41/,  inches. 


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67 — Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Bowl  Ch'ien-lung 

Inverted  bell  shape  with  low  foot.  Thin,  transparent  fei- 
ts'ui  jade,  with  delicate  cloud-like  mottling  and  crystalline, 
moss-marked  translucence,  without  ornamentation  and  with 
softly  brilliant  polish.  Teakwood  stand. 


Diameter,  4%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


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White  Jade  Vase  0  Ch  ’ ien-lung 

Quadrilateral,  with  low  pedestal  foot ;  handle  in  form  of  a 
dragon,  carved  in  relief  and  undercut,  mounting  the  side. 
Around  the  body  a  band  of  studding.  Fine  white  jade  with 
a  soft  polish.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  5%  inches. 

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69 — Cokal  Statuette  Ch’ien-lung 

no.  Standing  figure  of  the  Taoist  immortal  Lan  Ts’ai-ho,  with 
ju-i  sceptre  and  a  peony,  and  a  phoenix  at  her  feet.  In 
brilliant  coral  of  soft  pink  mottled  with  white.  Tinted  ivory 
stand. 

height,  4%  inches. 


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70 — Pair  Rock  Crystal  Bottles 

Amphora  shape,  carved  in  brilliant  rock  crystal  and  bril¬ 
liantly  polished.  Have  stands. 


Height,  4%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


71 — Coral  Figure  Group  Ch’ien-lung 

On  a  small  rock  base  a  tiger  stands  extended  on  all  fours, 
with  tail  erect,  and  on  its  back  stand  a  Lohan  and  attend¬ 
ant,  the  Lohan  raising  the  magic  ring  above  his  head  and 
the  attendant  supporting  a  dragon  evoked  by  the  Lohan— 
the  Avhole  an  exemplification  of  the  power  of  the  Lohan  over 
forces  ethereal  and  terrestrial.  On  tinted  ivory  stand. 


72 — Coral  Statuette 


eight,  5  y,  inches. 
Ch’ien-lung 

Standing  figure  of  the  female  deity  Lan  Ts’ai-ho  of  the 
eight  Taoist  immortals,  carved  in  gracefully  sinuous  posture 
in  brilliant  pink  and  white-mottled  coral,  carrying  branches 
of  the  peaches  of  longevity,  a  basket  of  the  same  appearing 
at  her  feet.  Painted  ivory  stand. 

Height,  5%  inches. 


73 —  White  Jade  Vase  Ch’ien-lung 

Pear  shape  with  full,  expanding  neck  and  two  ju-i  loop  and 
loose-ring  handles.  Fine  white  jade,  finely  carved  in  deli¬ 
cate  relief  with  the  t’ao-t’ieh  ogre  lineaments  and  associated 
motives  from  the  ancient  bronzes,  and  brilliantly  polished. 
Has  stand. 

leight,  5%  inches. 

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74 —  Jade  Animal  Statuette 

js?  igure  of  a  unicorn,  recumbent,  finely  modeled  in  ddtfse, 
opaque,  dark  green  and  black  jade,  with  soft,  wax-like  pol¬ 
ish.  Teakwood  stand. 

Length,  5%  inches. 

-Malachite  Coupe*  Ch’ien-lung 

Richly  mottled  malachite  of  fine  color,  carved  as  a  lotus  leaf 
lying  flat  with  its  edges  rolling  up  and  forming  a  shallow 
cup.  Within  and  on  the  exterior  buds  and  insects  carved  in 
relief,  and  on  the  edges  a  crab  and  a  duck  in  relief.  Lumin¬ 
ous  polish.  Carved  teakwood  stand  with  silver  inlay. 


75 


Length,  5  inches. 


First  lifter  noon 


76 —  Soapstone  Carving  Ch’ien-lu 

Seated  figure  of  Kuan-yin  in  full  robes  and  holding  scroll 
and  rosar}',  exquisitely  carved  in  creamy  soapstone,  the 
embroidery  of  her  robes  delicately  incised  and  lined  in  in 
India  ink.  On  a  pierced  rockery  base  in  soapstone  of  bees- 

^^^w^xyvel.1  o w  Silk  brocade  stnad.  Height,,  4%  inches. 

77 —  Lapis-lazuli  Coupe  Ch’ien-lung 
Water  cup  finely  carved  in  woven-basket  design,  a  fly 
alighted  on  its  removed  cover  and  a  spider-crab  crawling  up 
its  side,  the  basket  lying  within  the  branches  of  a  melon  vine 
in  fruit,  carved  in  openwork.  Rich  color;  luminous  polish. 
Carved  teakwood  stand  carrying  out  the  melon  motive. 

Length,  5  inches. 

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78 —  Soapstone  Statuette  Ch’ien-lung 
Figure  of  a  Lohan,  holding  a  fly  whisk,  seated  beside  a  rock 
on  which  rests  a  globular  jar.  The  embroidered  ornamen¬ 
tation  of  his  robes  is  delicately  incised,  tinted  and  bedecked 
with  jeweling. 


First  Afternoon 


jZ'fo 


79 — White  Jade  Statuette  Ch’ien-lung 

The  goddess  of  mercy,  Kuan-vin,  in  full  robes,  with  cowl 
over  a  low  headdress,  and  necklace  in  delicate  relief  on  her 
bared  breast.  She  is  seated  cross-legged,  holding  a  vase. 
Pure  white  jade  with  a  brilliant  polish.  Teakwood  stand 
carved  as  a  lotus  throne.  Height,  C  inches. 


80 — Soapstone  Statuette  Ch’ien-lung 

•Figure  of  the  Buddha,  demi-nu,  seated  cross-legged  on  a 
conventional  lotus  throne,  and  holding  a  jar,  carved  in 
grayish  soapstone;  knobbed  hair  in  relief  and  touched  in  in 
black.  Height,  5%  inches. 

Ch’ien-lung 

Standing  female  figure,  in  robes  with  incised  embroidery, 
carrying  peonies  in  resplendent  bloom  carved  in  full  relief ; 
at  her  feet  the  emblematic  spotted  stag.  Openwork  stand 
in  lotus  motive.  Rich  and  mellow  nut  brown  patina. 

Height,  5%  inches. 


81 — Carved  Ivory  Statuette  and  Origin^/ 


First  Afternoon 

82 — Chlohomelaxite  Ornament  ^ .'0° 

Statuette  of  a  duck  seated  or  in  swimming  attitude,  with  its 
head  raised  and  turned  to  its  left,  carved  in  the  rich  variety 
of  jadeite  known  as  chloromelanite,  the  plumage  carved  in 
relief  and  incised. 


Length,  5  inches. 

83 — White  Jade  Coupe  Ch’ien-lung 

Brilliantly  polished  white  jade  of  delicate  translucence, 
carved  in  lotus  motive,  with  two  cups  formed  of  curled 
leaves,  flanked  by  buds  and  a  seed-pod  carved  in  relief  and 
open-work.  Carved  teakwood  stand  in  concordant  motive. 


Diameter,  5  inches. 

84-Rock  Ckystal  Oknament  ^ 

Upright  figure  of  a  parrot,  standing  on  rocks,  finely  mod¬ 
eled,  with  plumage  carved  in  relief,  in  brilliant  rock  crystal 
highly  polished.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  6%  inches. 


85- 


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jylto  .idad*- 

-Rock  Crystal  Ornament  Ch’ien-lung 

A  large  pleasure  boat  in  junk  form,  with  a  house  of  open 
arches  in  classical  design,  the  mast  housed  upon  the  top  of 
it,  figures  on  the  deck,  and  a  service  barge  made  fast  along¬ 
side.  The  whole  in  clear  rock  crystal  with  brilliant  polish, 
and  resting  in  a  stand  of  opalescent  jade  carved  as  a  sea  of 
leaping  waves. 

Height,  with  stand,  6  inches;  leifljth,  6%  inches . 


86 — Moss-agate  Vase  with  Cover 


Ch’ien-lung 


Cylindrical  with  bell  foot,  incurvate  neck  with  ling  chili  loop 
and  loose-ring  handles,  and  dome  cover  with  blossom  finial, 
the  cover  also  equipped  with  handles  like  those  of  the  vase. 
Carved  in  relief  with  the  animalistic  decorations  of  the 
ancient  bronzes.  Has  stand. 


Height,  6%  inches. 


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First  Afternoon 

87 — Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Ornament  Ch’ien-lung 

Standing  figure  of  a  female  Buddhist  deity  behind  an  open¬ 
work  rock  altar,  in  front  of  which  a  phoenix  stands  amid 
growths  of  the  sacred  fungus.  Pure  fei-ts’ui  jade  of  light 
emerald-green  tone  and  fine  translucence,  brightly  polished. 
Openwork  teakwood  stand. 

Height,  6y4  inches. 

8$ — ¥air  Iridescent  Glass  Dishes  Sung 

Shallow  and  circular,  with  low  foot,  the  sides  in  delicate 
melon-lobed  modeling.  Transparent  glass  of  rich  azure 
note,  with  a  delicate  silvery  frosting  of  decomposition.  Have 
stands. 

Diameter,  5%  inches. 


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89 —  Patinated  Glass  Dish  Sung 

Saucer  form  with  mounded  center.  Colorless  transparent 
glass,  now  softly  translucent  with  the  dense  white  patina  and 
silvery  iridescence  of  long  inhumation,  the  silvery  quality 
more  apparent  on  the  under  side.  Has  stand. 

Diameter,  5ys  niches. 

90 —  Soapstone  Carving  Ch’ien-lung 
Statuette  of  a  Lohan,  seated,  hands  resting  on  knees,  one  of 
which  is  raised.  The  rich  lotus  embroidery  of  his  robes  is 
finely  incised,  and  retains  traces  of  gold.  Carved  in  wax¬ 
like  soapstone.  On  a  pierced  rockery  base  of  chicken’s- 
blood  soapstone. 

Height  with  base,  5 y2  inches. 

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91 —  Pair  Jade  Bowls  Cli’ien-lung 
Inverted  bell  shape  with  delicate  lip  and  bold  foot;  finely 
carved  in  perfect  form  in  translucent  spinach-green  jade  of 
rich  note  and  clear  musical  tone.  Unadorned.  Brilliant 
mirror  polish.  Incised  Ch’ien-lung  seal  mark.  Have  teak- 
wood  stands. 


Diameter,  (i'/s  inches. 


First  A  fternoon 


92 — Pair  Jade  Bowls  Ch’ien-lung 

^  0  £>  Inverted  bell  shape  with  low  foot.  Carved  in  fine  white 
translucent  jade,  with  clear  bell  tone,  unornamented,  and 
brightly  polished.  Teakwood  table-stands. 


Diameter,  5%  inches. 

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93 — White  Jade  Hanging  Vase  Ch'ien^ung 

Carved  as  a  finely  woven  and  ribbed  basket,  of  globular 
•  form,  flattened,  with  dome  cover  in  rope  motive,  and  sus¬ 
pended  from  a  yoke  by  two  chains  of  nine  links  each,  the 
whole  carved  from  a  single  block  of  pure  white  jade.  In 
elaborately  carved  pylon  stand  of  teakwood. 


Height,  including  chain,  5  inches. 


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94 — Coral  Figure  Group  Cliien-lung 

Young  woman  standing,  holding  in  her  arms  a  boy,  both  of 
them  smiling;  rock  peony  growing  at  her  feet,  where  a  bird 
is  perched,  and  the  peony  blossoms  contributing  general 
adornment.  In  pink  coral.  Has  stand. 


Height,  5%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 

95 — Coral  Statuette  Ch'ien-lung 

Standing  female  figure,  holding  at  her  shoulder  a  peony 
£/  /  O  ■  branch,  a  peony  flower  surmounting  her  high  headdress; 

she  stands  at  the  back  of  a  widely  brandling  shelf  of  rock¬ 
ery  which  supports  a  jar  and  a  box,  and  peaches  of  immor¬ 
tality,  and  below  this  is  a  growth  of  pine.  Beside  the  pine 
a  lion  stands  looking  upward,  suggesting  that  the  figure  may 
be  intended  as  a  representation  of  the  goddess  of  wisdom, 
Mon  ju,  whose  emblem  is  the  lion.  Carved  in  fine,  heavy  pink 
coral,  lightly  mottled  and  highly  polished.  Wooden  stand 
carved  in  openwork  in  pine  tree  motive. 

Height,  6 y4  inches. 


Ja'o 


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96 — Coral  Statuette  Ch'ien-lung 

Figure  of  Kuan-yin  smiling,  standing  beside  a  rock,  carry¬ 
ing  at  her  right  shoulder  a  branch  of  the  sacred  fungus  and 
in  her  left  hand  a  ju-i  sceptre.  Light  pink  coral  with  bright 
polish.  Tinted  ivory  stand. 

Height,  (i  inches. 


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97 — Pink  Coral  Ornament  Ch'ien-lung 

Slender  and  sinuous  figure  of  a  smiling  young  woman,  stand¬ 
ing  on  the  back  of  a  goose  and  carrying  a  vase  of  flowers. 
Carved  in  finely  mottled  pink  coral,  with  bright  polish. 
Tinted  ivory  stand. 

Height,  (i  '/>  inches. 


98 — Coral  Statuette 


Ch'ien-lung 


Joo 


Figure  of  a  slender  and  smiling  female,  laden  with  lotus  dow¬ 
ers  and  standing  upon  a  growth  of  the  sacred  fungus,  both 
the  figure  and  fungus  also  upborne  by  a  lion,  the  whole 
expressively  carved  in  pink  coral  brightly  polished.  Has 


stand. 


Height,  7 ya  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


99 — White  Jade  Bowl  Cli’ien-lung 

Inverted  bell  shape  with  lightly  flaring  lip,  the  foot  formed 
of  the  stems  of  flowers  wiiich  in  highly  conventionalized 
design  extend  up  the  sides  of  the  bowl  and  branch  into  loop 
handles.  Under  the  foot  and  surrounding  it,  a  medallion 
and  border  in  floral  design,  carved  in  fine  and  delicate  relief 
in  Tibetan  fashion — the  upper  sides  and  the  interior  of 
the  bowd  plain.  Pure  white,  semi-transparent  musical  jade, 
brilliantly  polished.  Carved  tealcwood  table-stand. 


Diameter  ( with  handles),  6%  inches. 


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100 — Green  Jade  Tripod  Incense  Burner  with  Cover 

Ch’ien-lung 

Globular,  on  cabriole  legs  with  elephant-head  knees ;  two 
dragon-head  loop  and  loose-ring  handles ;  dome-disc  cover 
surmounted  by  a  lion  on  its  haunches  holding  in  its  jaws  a 
peony  branch.  Body  carved  in  relief  with  a  band  of  archaic 
dragon-scroll  decoration  after  the  manner  of  ancient 
bronzes.  The  whole  in  dense  green  jade  of  rich  hue,  en¬ 
hanced  by  a  fine  mirror  polish.  Carved  teakwood  stand. 


Height,  G  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


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White  Jade  Statuette 


Standing  figure  of  a  fisherman,  line  wound  around  his  bam¬ 
boo  pole  which  lie  is  holding  upright,  his  hat  poised  upon 
its  tip;  on  his  arm  is  slung  his  basket.  Pure  white  trans¬ 
lucent  jade  brilliantly  polished.  Teakwood  stand. 


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02 — ^VVhite  Jade  Equine  Ornament 


Height,  7  y2  inches. 

Ch’ien-lung 


Figure  group  of  two  horses  standing  shoulder  to  shoulder 
and  facing  in  opposite  directions,  each  nosing  the  other’s 
back,  carved  in  the  round  in  pure  white  translucent  jade 
and  brilliantly  polished.  Teakwood  stand. 


103 — Rock  Crystal  Vase  and  Cover 
,  A  cylindrical  jar  with  incurvate  neck  and  two  fungus-loop 
and  loose-ring  handles,  and  dome  cover  with  knob  finial  and 
three  fungus-loop  handles,  borne  upon  the  back  of  a  phoenix 
having  a  loose-ring  pendant  at  its  throat,  the  whole  in 
brightly  polished  rock  crystal.  Teakwood  stand. 


Jjfngth,  7%  inchef. 

Ch’ien-lung 


Height,  7  inches. 


Ch’ien-lung 

Beaker-shaped  urn  form,  resting  upon  openwork  rockery 
from  whose  caves  three  mang  or  land  dragons  emerge.  Two 
more  of  the  mang  carved  iii  relief  and  undercut  mount  near 
the  lip  of  the  vase,  above  the  two  dragon-head  loop  and 
loose-ring  handles.  Translucent  white  jade  of  fine  quality, 
with  a  mirror  polish.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  7%  inches. 


104 — White 


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105 — Pink  Coral  Statuary  Group  Ch’ien-lung 

Standing  figure  of  a  female  immortal  holding  a  lotus  above 
her  high  headdress,  and  holding  in  leash  by  a  loose-link 
chain  a  tiger  which  curls  at  her  feet,  the  adornment  includ¬ 
ing  the  eight  Buddhistic  emblems  of  happy  augury  ingeni¬ 
ously  worked  in  in  the  carving.  Tinted  ivory  stand. 


Height,  8  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


Cli  fen-lung 


106 — Malachite  Vase  with  Cover 

Ovoid  with  broad  shoulder  and  neck  and  two  S-scroll  handles. 
Finely  stratified  and  conglomerated  malachite,  in  rich 
notes,  with  soft  polish  and  dull  lustre.  Surrounded  bv  nine 
dogs  Fu,  carved  in  high  relief  and  undercut,  at  sport  with 
the  filleted  ball.  Dome  cover  with  standing  Fu  finial.  Teak- 
’’>/  wopd  stand.  Height,  8  inches. 


107 — White 


Ornamental  Dish  Ch’ien-lung 

Elongated  quatrefoil  on  four  ju-i  feet.  Carved  in  high  relief 
on  the  bottom,  within,  a  land  dragon  guarding  the  sacred 
jewel  of  omnipotence.  Translucent  fog-white  jade  with 
whiter  strata,  brilliantly  polished.  Imperial  seal  mark: 
“Made  by  order  of  the  Emperor.”  Teakwood  stand. 


Length,  7%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 

108 — Jade  Ritual  Carving  Han 

Two  dragons  carved  in  greenish-white  jade  with  varied 
"mottlings  of  inhumation,  in  form  of  an  interrupted  pierced 
disc  or  flat  ring,  their  bodies  conceived  as  coiled,  with  fish¬ 
tails  upcurling  beneath  their  jaws,  and  springing  from  a 
fan-like  center  adorned  with  archaic  types  of  the  phoenix, 
and  with  a  seal  medallion  and  calligraphic  inscription.  Laid 
upon  the  altar  and  used  in  invoking  the  dragon  as  a  deity 
representing  the  fertilizing  power  of  rain,  in  times  of 
drought — a  jade  prayer  for  rain.  Carved  teakwood  stand. 

Diameter,  7%  inches. 


ORIENTAL  PENDANTS  AND  NECKLACES 

109 — Chinese  Amethyst  Pendant 

Carved  as  two  peaches  of  longevity,  with  a  ladybug  on  one 
of  them,  and  leaves  and  stem  in  relief  and  undercut.  Rich 
deep  color  and  of  fine  translucenee,  with  high  polish. 


110 — Korean  Amber  Pendant 


Oval ;  obverse  delicately  carved  with  birds  and  blossoms  in 
low  relief,  the  reverse  left  plain  and  brilliantly  polished. 
Clouded  amber  of  soft  brownish-yellow  notes. 


111 —  Pink  Tourmaline  Pendant 

Carved  as  a  bag,  flattened,  in  heart  or  ju-i  shape,  and  gath¬ 
ered  at  the  neck  or  top.  Crystalline  and  scintillant  tourma¬ 
line,  or  “Chinese  ruby,”  brilliantly  polished. 

112—  Pin  k  Tourmaline  Pendant 

Brilliant  “Chinese  rubv,”  finelv  carved  as  a  cluster  of  three 
llo  of  the  peaches  of  longevity,  with  stems  and  leaves,  and  a 
bird  perched  at  one  side. 


First  Afternoon 


113 


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— Fki-ts’ui  Jade  Pendant 

Pure  emerald-green  with  light  vaporous  cloudings,  a  delicate 
translucence  and  brilliant  polish ;  carved  and  pierced  in  the 
motive  of  three  melons  growing  on  the  vine,  and  a  butterfly 


alighting  on  them. 


114- 

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-Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Pendant 
Fei-ts’ui  jade  with  fine  markings,  delicate  translucence  and 
bright  polish,  carved  as  a  square  with  indented  corners  and 
ornamented  with  bats  and  gourds,  surmounted  by  a  pierced 


cresting. 


115 


116 

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Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Pendant 

The  stone  exhibiting  three  colors,  a  delicate  fei-ts’ui  green 
in  which  are  carved  a  lotus  bud  and  seed-pod,  at  the  center, 
a  deeper  green  in  which  a  lotus  leaf  is  carved  below,  and  an 
adjacent  carnelian  layer  above  in  which  a  catfish  is  carved. 
The  whole  in  oval  form,  and  pierced. 

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— Pei-tsui  Jade  Pendant  / 

Oblong,  with  rounded  corners ;  obverse  carved  in  relief  with 
stags  and  a  bat,  reverse  with  a  bird,  pine  tree  and  fungus. 


Rich  fei-ts’ui  jade  brilliantly  polished. 

ts’ui  Jade  Necklace 

Formed  of  eighty-seven  graduated  beads  of  dense  fei-ts’ui 
jade,  of  fine  light  tone.  Gold  clasp. 

Length,  20y,  inches. 

118 —  Chinese  Garnet  Necklace 

.  /*-  Formed  of  one  hundred  and  eight  garnet  beads,  lightly 

graduated.  Gold  clasp. 

Length,  23  inches. 

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119 —  Chinese  Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Necklace 

Formed  of  seventy-nine  graduated  beads  of  fei-ts’ui  jade  of 
delicate  emerald-green,  interbeaded  with  faceted  crystals. 
Gold  filigree  clasp. 


Length,  22  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


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Chinese  Turquoise  Necklace 

Formed  of  eighty-one  graduated  beads  of  turquois^,  almost 
uniform  in  delicate  color.  Gold  clasp.  Length,  24%  inches. 

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Chinese  Chloromelanite  Necklace 

Formed  of  one  hundred  and  eight  carefully  graduated 
chloromelanite  beads,  of  rich  tone  and  soft  polish.  Gold 
clasp.  Length,  26  inches. 

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Chinese  Amethyst  Necklace 

Formed  of  seventy-nine  graduated  beads  of  amethyst  o^rich 
tone.  Gold  clasp.  Length,  26%  inches. 

Chinese  Glass  Necklace  ^ 

Formed  of  eighty-one  beads  of  brilliant  sapphire-blue  glass, 
graduated.  Gold  clasp.  Length,  26  inches. 

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Chinese  ?jioke  Crystal  .Necklace 

Formed  of  carefully  matched  and  graduated  beads  of  fine, 
clear  smoke  crystal,  to  the  number  of  seventy-five,  bri  ghtlv 


polished.  Gold  clasp.  Length,  28  inches. 

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-Chinese  .Iade  Necklace 

Formed  of  seventy-three  graduated  and  finely  matched  beads 
of  pure  white  translucent  jade,  brightly  polished.  Gold 
clasp.  Length,  28  inches 


126 — Chinese  Smoke  Crystal  Necklace 

Formed  of  sixty-three  graduated  beads  of  dense  and  dark 
smoke  crystal,  with  soft  polish.  Gold  clasp. 

Length,  28  inches. 


121 


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-Chinese  Glass  Necklace 
Formed  of  one  hundred  and  five  three-eighths  inch  beads  of 
clear  azure  glass  of  delicate  tone.  Length.  48  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


128 — Chinese  Amber  Necklace 

One  hundred  beads  of  clear  dark  amber,  brilliantly 
ished,  their  diameter  substantially  uniform  at  practically 
one-half  inch,  and  all  very  evenly  matched  in  color. 

Length,  48  inches. 


129 — Chinese  Coral  Necklace  Cluj/en-lung 

Formed  of  one  hundred  and  eight  spheres  of  pink  coral, 
O  s'  -  ;  carved  with  incised  Shou  medallions  and  pierced  dragon 


scrolls. 


Length,  51  inches. 


0 — Chinese  Amber  Necklace 

One  hundred  and  eight  beads  of  opaque,  clouded  amber, 
rich  in  tone,  which  varies  lightly. 

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131 — Chinese  Amber  Necklace 

One  hundred  and  nine  beads  of  clear  amber  with  golden 
translucence,  brilliantly  polished. 


Length,  52  inches. 


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-Chinese  Rock  Crystal  Necklace 
Formed  of  one  hundred  and  ten  beads  of  fine,  clear,  brilliant 
rock  crystal,  substantially  uniform  in  size,  with  a  diameter 
of  one-half  inch. 


Length,  58  inches. 

133 — Chinese  Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Mandarin  Necklace 

Ch’ien-lung 

One  hundred  beads  of  fine  translucent  fei-ts’ui  jade,  richly 
marked  and  uniform  in  size,  besides  large  globes  of  pink 
tourmaline  or  “Chinese  ruby”  and  pendants  of  the  same  in 
smaller  beads,  and  gold  filigree  mountings  with  kingfishers’ 
feathers. 


Length,  exclusive  of  pendants,  60  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


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134 — Pair  Fei-ts’iti  Jade  Bird  Statuettes 

Two  pigeons,  standing,  one  with  its  head  lightly  cocked  to 
one  side,  their  plumage  carved  in  relief  and  lightly  incised. 
Considerable  portions  of  the  bodies  white,  with  broad  areas 
of  the  rich  fei-ts’ui.  Light  polish  over  the  incised  surfaces, 
the  smooth  portions  brilliantly  polished.  Have  stands. 


Length,  9  inches. 


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-Rock  Crystal  Vase  and  Cover  Ch'ien-lung 

Flask  shape  with  bold  foot ;  two  ling  chili  loop  and  loose¬ 
ring  handles.  Narrow  sides  carved  with  mounting  land 
dragons  in  relief ;  balance  of  vase  and  the  dome  cover  plain, 
and  brilliantly  polished.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  9%  inches. 


136 — Carved  Ivory  Statuette 

Standing  figure  of  the  King  of  the  East  carrying  in  hand 
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and  at  his  girdle  peaches  of  immortality,  and  smiling.  Rich 
and  mellow  patina,  and  traces  of  early  polychrome  painting. 


Height,  9%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


137 — Turquoise-blue  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Ovoid  with  cylindrical  neck.  Dense  and  heavy  opaque  glass 
in  a  pure  and  even  tone  of  fine  light  turquoise-blue,  with  a 
subdued  mirror  surface.  Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  9%  inches. 

Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Companion  to  the  preceding.  With  stand. 

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139 — Turquoise-glass  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Bell  shape  with  straight  neck  and  molded  lip.  Heavy  and 
dense  opaque  glass  of  soft  and  delicate  turquoise-blue  of  fine 
quality,  with  subdued  mirror  surface.  Incised  mark.  Has 
stand.  Height,  7%  inches. 


138 — Turquoise-b*] 


140 — Rttby  Glass  Bottle  Cli’ien-lung 

Bell  shape  with  cylindrical  neck  and  molded  lip.  Fine  semi¬ 
transparent  glass  of  brilliant  mirror  surface,  deep  wine-red 
with  the  light  on  it,  and  against  the  light  showing  a  ruby 
translucence.  Incised  mark.  Has  stand. 


Height,  7%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


Uo  .Globular  body  on  low  foot,  with  tall  wide  neck  and  spread¬ 
ing  lip.  Dense  and  heavy  sapphire-blue  glass,  semi-trans¬ 
parent  and  with  a  brilliant  mirror  surface.  Incised  mark. 
Has  stand.  ^  Height,  10  34  inches. 


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1-12 — Pair  Blue  Glass  Bowls  Ch'ien-lung 

Flaring-ovoidal  form  on  bold  foot,  the  rim  given  a  hexafoil 
&  .  .  .  & 
character  bv  delicately  cut  indentions.  Dense  translucent 

glass  of  musical  tone,  in  rich  and  deep  azure  with  mirror 

surface.  Incised  seal  mark.  Have  stands. 


Diameter,  8  inches. 

113 — Imperial' Yellow  Glass  Bottle  Ch'ien-lung 

Globular  with  spreading  foot  and  straight  tubular  neck. 
Light  imperial  yellow  glass,  dense  and  opaque,  with  subdued 
mirror  surface.  Incised  mark.  Has  stand. 


Height,  8%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 

Bottle 


Ch’ien-lung 


Spherical  with  straight  cylindrical  neck  and  short  foot. 
Transparent  sapphire-blue  glass  with  brilliant  mirror  sur¬ 
face.  Incised  mark.  Has  stand. 


Height,  81/,  inches. 


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145 — Imperial  Cameo-glass  Vase  Cli'ien-lung 


Ovoidal,  expanding  lightly  from  a  bold  foot  to  a  high  and 
narrow  shoulder  which  is  heavily  molded  at  the  root  of  the 
incurvate  neck,  which  expands  to  a  lightly  molded  and  flat¬ 
tened  lip.  Cameo  carving  of  two  archaic  dragons,  one  with 
the  phoenix  head,  in  rose  glass  of  du-Barry  note  on  a  yellow¬ 
ish-white  ground,  and  borders  of  ju-i  heads,  lotus  petals  and 
plantain  leaves  also  in  the  rose.  Incised  four-character 
mark.  Has  stand. 


Globular  with  cylindrical  neck  and  low  spreading  foot. 
Dense  and  heavy  opaque  glass  of  a  rich  pistache-green  color 
and  a  mirror  surface  of  soft  reflections.  Incised  mark. 
Has  stand. 


Height,  81/,  inches. 


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148 

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Iridescent  White  Glass  Bowl  Sung 

Ovoid  on  molded  foot.  Colorless  transparent  glass  now 
white  with  the  frosted-decay  of  long  burial  and  touched  with 
a  delicate  silvery  iridescence.  Has  stand. 

Diameter,  9%  inches. 

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Imperial  Yellow  Glass  Bottle  Cii'ien-tung 

Spherical  with  straight  and  slender  tubular  neck,  and  low 
foot  lightly  spreading.  Rich  imperial  yellow  glass  of  fine 
tone,  dense  and  opaque,  with  softly  lustrous  surface.  In¬ 
cised  mark.  Has  stand. 


Height,  8%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


1^9— ^rMPERi^^S^LLoV  Glass  Bottle 


Ch’ien-lung 

Spherical  with  straight  tubular  neck  and  bold  spreading- 
foot.  Dense  opaque  glass  of  light  imperial  yellow  with  soft 
lustre.  Incised  mark.  Has  stand. 

Height,  8%  inches. 


150 — Blue  Glass  Bowl  Sung 

Ovoidal  on  a  bold  round  foot.  Transparent  glass  of  rich 
J  ’  azure  note,  lightly  flecked  on  the  outer  surface  and  broadly 
coated  on  the  interior  with  a  soft  and  delicate  silvery  iri¬ 
descence.  Has  stand. 

Diameter,  9%  inches. 


151 — CarveVTvory  Sceptre  Ming 

Conventional  flat  design,  carved  in  the  natural  curve  of  an 
elephant’s  tusk,  and  unornamented,  save  for  a  rich  and  beau¬ 
tiful  patina  that  time  has  given  it.  Boldly  incised  on  the 
concave  surface  with  an  inscription  in  seventeen  characters, 
reciting  that  this  ivory  sceptre  was  respectfully  presented  to 
the  W  ai  Wu  shrine  of  the  Emperor  Kuan  bv  Feng  Hsiu- 
Feng  of  Liao-Hua-Ch’i.  Has  stand. 

Length,  25%  inches. 


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152 — White  Jade  Hanging  Vase  with  Cover  Ch’ien-lung 
Ovoidal  form,  flattened,  with  broad  neck ;  borne  upon  the 
00.  back  of  a  phoenix  resting  on  a  highly  conventional  base  of 
openwork;  dome  cover  suspended  by  a  chain  of  freely-play¬ 
ing  links  attached  to  a  bail  handle,  which  swings  in  looped 
lip-handles  with  angular-scroll  drops.  The  phoenix’s 
plumage  in  relief  and  incised,  and  the  vase  further  decorated 
with  conventional  ornamentation  in  relief.  White  jade  with 
liquescent  mutton-fat  aspect  and  soft  polish.  In  carved 
teakwood  arched  stand. 

Height.  9  inches:  with  stand,  15%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


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153 —  Rock  Crystal  Vase  and  Cover  Ch’ien-lung 

Large  pear  shape  with  bold  foot,  and  two  fungus-loop  and 
loose-ring  handles.  Luxuriantly  carved  in  high  relief  and 
undercuttings  with  figures  of  boys  and  the  lotus,  the  phoenix 
and  peony,  the  sacred  fungus,  and  a  swallow  perched  in  a 
tree  of  the  peaches  of  longevity  in  fruit.  Dome  cover  simi¬ 
larly  carved  with  a  bird  bearing  in  its  bill  a  branch  of  the 
peaches.  The  whole  in  clear  and  brilliant  rock  crystal 
highly  polished.  Teakwood  stand.  g  ^Height,  11  inches. 

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154 —  Pink  Coral  Ornament  Ch’ien-lung 


Extended  figure  of  a  four-clawed  dragon,  carved  in  the 
round,  bearing  upon  its  back  an  immortal  and  two  attend¬ 
ants.  Carved  in  lightly  mottled  rich  pink  coral,  taking  a 
soft  polish.  (Repaired.)  Mounted  on  a  Japanese  tinted 
ivory  stand  carved  in  conventional  cloud  design. 

Height,  7%  inches;  length,  15  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


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Rock  Crystal  Vase  and  Cover  Ch’ien-limg 

Large  flask  shape  with  hold  foot  and  lip,  and  two  dragon¬ 
head  loop  and  loose-ring  handles.  Adorned  with  eight 
phoenixes  carved  in  high  relief.  Dome  cover  with  phoenix 
handle.  Pure  and  brilliant  rock  crystal,  brilliantly  polished. 
Teakwood  stand. 


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Height,  11  inches. 
a  a  xt  Pink  Coral 


Ch’ien-hmg 

0  .  An  ingeniously  contrived  and  brilliantly  executed  small 
sculpture  in  pink  coral,  carved  in  the  round  and  pierced, 
representing  a  Lohan  with  a  double-gourd  vase,  his  magic 
ring  raised  aloft,  poised  upon  the  body  of  a  dragon  who 
looks  back  at  him  over  the  flaming  jewel  of  power.  The 
dragon  rests  a  forepaw  on  the  head  of  a  tiger,  and  the  group 
is  represented  as  in  an  environment  of  conventional  clouds. 
Wood  stand  carved  in  lotus  motive.  Length,  8%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


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157 — Fei-ts’ui  Jade  Vase  with  Cover  Ch’ien-lmig 

Chalice  form  with  high,  corded  shoulder,  broad  incurvate 
neck,  and  four  dragon-head  loop  and  loose-ring  handles., 
Dome  cover  with  coiled  dragon  finial  carved  in  high  relief 
and  undercut.  Shoulder  of  the  vase  festooned  in  foliar  de¬ 
sign  and  motives  from  the  ancient  bronzes,  in  low  relief, 
and  foot  encircled  by  a  leaf  border.  Rich  and  fine  trans¬ 
lucent  fei-sfui  jade,  with  notable  emerald-green  markings, 
and  brilliant  polish.  Carved  teakwood  stand. 


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Height,  1  ly4  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


Urn  form,  flattened,  with  pedestal  foot,  broad  shoulder  and 
full  neck,  dragon-head  loop  and  large  loose-ring  handles, 
and  low  dome  cover,  which  is  surmounted  by  a  dragon  carved 
in  relief  and  undercut.  From  the  dragon’s  coiled  tail  a 
chain  more  than  a  foot  in  length,  formed  of  twenty-one 
links,  connects  the  cover  with  a  floral  entwinement  on  the 
body,  carved  in  relief  and  undercut  and  held  in  the  bill  of 
a  stork  which  is  perched  above  rockery.  The  whole  carved 
with  fine  mastery  of  the  art  from  a  single  block  of  pure 
“mutton-fat”  jade  of  the  highest  quality,  and  brilliantly 
polished.  Carved  teakwood  stand. 


Height ,  12%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


159 


160 

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— White  Jade  Bottle-form  Vase  with  Cover  Ch’ien-lung 
Flattened  pear  shape  with  long  neck  and  short  foot,  the 
vase  body  itself  without  ornamentation  other  than  its  own 
rich  high  quality,  pure  tone  and  brilliance  of  polish.  On  a 
double-corded  loop  about  the  neck  is  posed  a  boy  carved  in 
relief,  who  towers  above  the  lip  of  the  vase,  facing  the  bird- 
form  cover,  which  is  connected  by  a  chain  of  double-links  to 
a  bow  on  the  shoulder  of  the  bottle,  held  b}1-  a  second  boy 
who  is  carved  in  the  round,  standing  on  a  projection  from 
the  bottle  s  foot.  I'eaku  ood  stand.  Heioh/t  8^/,  inches 

— Jade  Floral  Group  /  Ch’ien-lung 

Lily,  with  broad  leaves  of  rich  translucent  green  jade  with 
black  deckings,  and  flowers  of  white  jade,  lapis-lazuli  and 
caraelian.  Set  in  coral-stem  gravel  in  a  green  jade  bowl  of 
delicate  translucence.  Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  9%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


161 — White  Jade  Statuette  Ch’ien-lung 

Standing  figure  of  Kuan-yin  in  high  headdress  with  cowl, 
flowing  robes,  and  holding  a  vase  containing  a  lotus  bud, 
and  a  rosary  looped  in  figure-8  form.  Fine,  pure  white, 
translucent  jade  with  soft,  unctuous  polish.  Elaborately 
carved  teakwood  and  tinted  ivorv  stand. 


Hcic/ht,  9y2  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


162- 


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-Jade  Florae  Group  *  Ch’ien-lung 

Springing  from  a  graveled  ground  of  chipped  red  coral 
stems  are  orchids  blossoming  in  white  jade  amid  ramifying 
green  jade  leaves,  these  at  one  side  of  a  natural  turquoise 
rock  on  which  is  perched  an  agate  bird — the  long-tailed 
bird  of  China,  the  onagadori  of  the  Japanese.  At  the 
opposite  side  of  the  rock  a  begonia  blooms  in  pink  tourma¬ 
line  above  green  jade  leaves,  and  near  by  a  white  jade 
squirrel  is  jumping  from  a  rich  malachite  rock.  The  whole 
in  a  jardiniere  of  rich  jade-green  aventurine,  quadrilateral 
with  chamfered  corners.  Carved  tcakwood  table-stand. 


Length  of  jardiniere,  8  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


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ass  Vase 


Ch’ien-lung 


Double-gourd  bottle  form,  the  lower  section  made  quadri¬ 
lateral,  with  spreading  foot,  and  slender  neck  lightly  expand¬ 
ing.  Carved  with  peach  and  bamboo  trees,  the  sacred  fungus 
and  flying  bats,  in  rich  cerulean  on  a  pure,  dense  and  bril¬ 
liant  white  ground.  Incised  mark.  Has  stand. 


Height,  9%  inches. 


161 — Jade  Floral  Group  Ch’ien-lung 


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Radish  in  flower,  the  leaves  in  green,  mottled  and  fei-ts'ui 
jade,  finely  carved  and  highly  polished,  the  blossoms  yellow¬ 
ish-white.  In  white  jade  bowl  whose  whole  exterior  is  given 
to  a  caligraphic  inscription  incised  and  gilded.  Has  stand. 


Height,  lO'/i  inches. 


J. 


//  // 

165 — Chloromelanite  Statuette 

j  ^Chinese  carving  of  a  figure  of  Kuan-yin,  standing,  holding 
at  her  shoulder  a  vase  containing  a  peony.  Back  of  her 
and  at  her  side  streamers  from  her  headdress  and  apparel 
are  carved  free,  and  on  a  rock  beside  her  a  bov  stands,  hold¬ 
ing  high  a  lotus  stem  with  leaf,  flower  and  seed-pod.  Chloro¬ 
melanite  rich  in  color  and  brilliantly  polished.  Teakwood 
stand. 

Height,  8%  inches. 


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166 — Jade  Floral  Group  Ch’ien-lung 

An  orchid  blossoming  in  white  and  yellow  jade  and  in  car- 
nelian  agate,  with  long  slender  leaves  of  green  jade  whose 
fleckings  have  a  naturalistic  resemblance  to  those  of  leaves 
of  the  denser  woodlands  or  of  woodland  glens.  In  bell¬ 
shaped  bowl  of  dense  glass  of  rose-du-Barry  tone,  of  the 
Ch’ien-lung  period.  Teakwood  five-legged  table-stand. 


Height,  11%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


167 
D  O  O 


-Grand  White  Jade  Tripod  Incense  Burner  with  Cover 

Cli'ien-lung 

An  imperial  piece,  although  without  palace  mark,  seal  or 
dedication.  In  the  cauldron  shape  of  the  ancient  sacrificial 
bronze  vessels,  with  a  low  bell-shaped  dome  cover  surmounted 
by  a  Fu-lion  grasping  the  traditional  ball;  two  vigorously 
carved  dragon-head  loop-handles  with  large  loose  rings  ;  the 
animalistic  scheme  carried  out  further  in  the  ornamental 
knees  of  the  three  boldly  designed  feet.  Fine  white  jade  with 
a  cloud  translucence  and  the  exterior  brilliance  of  a  mirror. 
Elaborately  carved  and  pierced  teakwood  stand. 


Height,  8%  inches;  diameter,  11%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


168 — Iridescent  Blue*  Glass  Bottle-form  Vase  Sung 

Pear  shape  with  wide  neck  and  lightly  expanding  lip,  and 
hold  foot.  Fine  glass  of  deep  sky  blue,  translucent  and  of 
mirror  surface.  Unornamented  originally,  it  is  adorned 
through  the  long  processes  of  nature  during  its  ages  of 
inhumation,  with  an  extensive  and  heavy  coating  of  dense 
silvery-gray  iridescence.  To  all  intent  a  perfect  piece, 
having  suffered  only  some  chipping  at  the  under  edge  of  the 
foot.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  14%  inches. 


169- 


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-Glass  Fish  Bowl  Sung 

Ovoid  with  a  broadly  molded  lip.  Heavy,  colorless,  trans¬ 
parent  glass  of  fine  texture,  which  has  acquired  a  delicate 
patina,  giving  it  a  soft,  dim  lustre.  A  rare  example.  Teak- 
wood  table-stand. 

Diameter,  11  inches. 


170 — Iridescent  Blue  Glass  Bottle  Sung 

A  rare  find,  and  an  important  example  of  the  workmanship 
in  glass  of  the  Sung  dynasty.  Dense,  heavy,  translucent 
glass  of  deepest  sky  blue,  the  bottle  fashioned  in  spherical 
form  with  a  wide  cylindrical  neck  and  expanding  lip,  the 
lip  flattened  on  top  and  encircled  on  the  exterior  by  molded 
rings,  and  the  foot  being  similarly  encircled.  On  the  body 
are  four  quadrilateral  molded  panels,  each  bearing  one  of 
the  peaches  of  immortality  modeled  in  relief,  with  leaves  in 
lesser  relief  and  their  veins  incised.  In  the  processes  of 
slow  disintegration  during  entombment  the  surface  has  taken 
a  patina  of  rich,  matt  black,  relieved  by  an  enhancement  of 
silvery  iridescence  covering  broad  and  irregular  areas.  Has 
carved  teakwood  stand. 


Height 12%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


M-  o  o. 


172- 

/  do. 


Exquisitely  carved  figure  of  a  goddess,  standing,  in  grace¬ 
fully  flowing  robes  richly  ornamented,  and  carrying  in  lieu 
of  a  sceptre  branches  of  the  sacred  fungus  and  the  peaches 
of  immortality.  Considerable  retentions  of  early  painting 
in  polychrome  and  gold,  and  on  the  unpainted  surfaces  a 
fine  patina  of  mellow  tone. 

mt*. 

Jade  Florae  Group 
Chinese  lily  (the  narcissus)  and  the 
prunus  tree,  both  in  blossom,  in  white,  fei-ts'ui  and  green 
jade,  in  a  Ch’ien-lung  bottle-shaped  vase  of  dense  greenish- 
white  jade  with  ju-i  loop  handles,  boldly  incised  with  im¬ 
perial  dragons.  Teakwood  stand.  Height,  14%  inches. 


winter-bloomin 


First  Afternoon 


173 — Jade  Floral  Group 


Lotuses  in  bloom,  in  white,  yellow,  fei-ts’ui  and  dense  green 


jade,  pink  tourmaline,  carnelian  and  amber  spring  from  a 
mirror  in  representation  of  water  set  within  a  broad  and 
shallow  ovoidal  bowl  with  festooned  rim — a  lotus  pond  in 
miniature.  The  lotus  leaves  are  veined  by  delicate  incision 
and  one  is  pierced  as  though  by  the  borings  of  insects.  The 
porcelain  bowl  is  glazed  in  a  rich  canary-yellow,  and  dec¬ 
orated  in  polychrome  with  a  dragon-scroll  band  and  varied 
borders,  and  bears  underneath  the  foot  the  seal  mark  of  Tao 
Kuang.  Has  stand. 


Height,  14%  inches;  diameter  of  howl,  71/,  inches. 


Ch’ien-lung 


174 — Extraordinary  White  Jade  Bowl 


A  large  and  heavy  block  of  white  jade,  hollowed  to  make  a 
fine  bowl  or  basin,  the  interior  surface  receiving  a  soft  unctu¬ 
ous  polish ;  the  exterior  in  its  entirety  carved  in  relief  and 
super-relief  with  waves  of  a  heaving  sea  and  above  them  five 
imperial  dragons  in  pursuit  of  the  jewel  of  omnipotence 
among  clouds.  Soft  polish.  Teakwood  stand  carved  in  a 
continuation  of  the  wave  and  cloud  motives. 


Diameter ,  14  inches. 


175 — White  Jade  Vase  with  Cover 


Ch’ien-lung 


Inverted  bell  shape,  flattened,  with  pedestal  foot,  sharp 


O.  shoulder  and  broad  neck,  and  two  dragon-head  loop  and 


loose-ring  handles.  Dome  cover  with  handle  in  the  form  of 
a  lion  and  cub,  in  high  relief  and  undercut.  Both  cover  and 
vase  ornamented  in  fine  relief  carving  in  archaic  motives, 
highly  refined,  the  vase  displaying  a  deep  band  in  which 
appear  the  t’ao-t’ieh  ogre  features.  Fine  translucent  fog- 
white  jade  brilliantly  polished.  Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  12%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


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176 —  Pair  Jade  Floral  Groups  Ch’ien-lung 

In  each  of  two  fei-ts’ui  jade  jardinieres  of  foliated  contour, 
three  miniature  bulb-shaped  vases  of  white  jade  carved  in 
blossom  form,  each  vase  holding  a  Chinese  lily  of  green  and 
white  jade.  Carved  teakwood  stand. 

Height,  8  inches. 
/»  //  // 

177 —  A’ery  Important  Coral  Statuette  Ch’ien-lung 

An  imperial  piece,  carved  in  very  heavy  coral  of  unusual 
length,  its  tone  a  pink  at  once  rich  and  delicate,  and  deli¬ 
cately  mottled  with  small  areas  of  soft  white.  Standing  fig¬ 
ure  of  a  sinuous  young  lady  of  genial  countenance,  in  cling¬ 
ing  robes  with  low  relief  and  incised  ornamentation,  and  gav 
with  a  luxuriance  of  blossoms  of  the  tree  peony.  Peonies 
rise  on  a  bifurcate  branch  high  above  her  headdress,  others 
in  relief  and  undercutting  spring  from  a  twin-fish  vase  she 
carries,  and  one  blossom  is  seen  at  her  back.  Brilliant  pol¬ 
ish.  On  a  pierced  rockery  base  of  malachite,  with  a  fitted 
brocade  stand,  and  a  second  stand  of  lacquer  penciled  in 
gold. 

Height  with  base,  16  inches. 


( Illustrated) 


178 — Silver-gilt  Imperial  Crown  Ch’ien-lung 

An  elaborate  production  of  dragons  and  phoenixes,  a  minia¬ 
ture  temple  with  the  emperor’s  symbol,  two  miniature  stand¬ 
ing  figures,  one  offering  a  crown  and  one  an  incense  burner, 
and  various  other  designs,  the  whole  inlaid  with  kingfishers’ 
feathers.  In  addition  there  are  pendants  of  small  natural 
seed  pearls  and  larger  artificial  pearls,  and  seven  pendent 
discs  of  fine  fei-ts’ui  jade.  Has  teakwood  box. 


No.  177— Very  Important  Coral  Statuette 
( Ch’ien-lung ) 


First  Afternoon 


180- 


Carved  in  beaker  form,  resting  on  a  fungus  bank,  which  also 
supports  a  phoenix  bearing  a  peony  branch  in  its  mouth, 
carved  in  the  round,  pierced  and  undercut,  at  one  side,  while 
another  bird  on  a  pine  tree  appears  at  the  opposite  side  in 
similar  carving.  Dome  cover  with  phoenix  and  peony  handle 
in  openwork.  Clear,  brilliant  rock  crystal,  brilliantly  pol¬ 
ished.  Teakwood  stand.  ^I^ht^p'/y-inches. 

-Jade  Florae  Group  Clinen-lung 


In  an  inverted  bell-shaped  bowl  of  dense,  translucent,  white 
Ch’ien-lung  glass,  a  lily  in  green  and  yellow  jade,  carnelian 
and  opalescent  agate,  and  amethyst.  Coral-stem  gravel. 
Teakwood  stand.  Height,  1414  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


Burner  Cliien-lung 

Fine  grayish-white  translucent  jade  brightly  polished, 
carved  as  a  duck  standing  amid  lotus  plants,  with  neck 
extended  and  bill  open.  Hollowed,  the  upper  body  remov¬ 
able,  as  cover,  and  the  throat  bored  through  to  the  opened 
bill,  for  the  escape  of  the  incense  fumes.  Plumage  and  the 
lotus  flowers  finely  carved  in  relief  and  in  the  round.  Has 
stand. 


182 — Fish  Bowl  and  Stand 


Height,  8%  inches/  length,  14  inches. 


O. 


Bell-shaped  bowl  of  transparent  colorless  glass  of  Ch’ien- 
lung,  of  clear  musical  tone,  on  a  Ming  three-color  porcelain 
stand ;  the  stand  hexagonal  table-form  on  a  flat  base,  the 
skirt  of  the  table  pierced  and  the  cabriole  legs  having  mon¬ 
ster-head  knees.  Incised  inscription  declaring  the  stand  a 
pedestal  for  an  incense  burner  presented  as  a  votive  offering 
at  the  shrine  of  an  emperor  of  the  Han  dynasty. 


Diameter  of  howl,  141/,  inches;  height  complete,  1 


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183 — Jade  Floral  Group  Cliien-lung 

Orchid  and  keika  in  rich  green  jade,  Chinese  ruby  and  other 
stones,  in  a  hexagonal  beaker-form  vase  of  gray- white  jade 
carved  with  the  swastika,  ideographic  designs  and  archaic 
dragon  scrolls  in  low  relief.  Also  carved  at  the  angles  with 
vertical  ridges,  dentated,  and  in  pierced-scroll  form.  Has 
stand. 

Height,  18 Va  inches. 
//  // 


181 — Jade  Floral  Group 


Cliien-lung 


The  tree  peony  in  luxuriant  bloom  in  white  and  yellow  jade, 
turquoise,  lapis-lazuli  and  tourmaline,  with  leaves  of  dense 


green  jade.  In  a  white  jade  vase  ovoid  and  flattened, 
carved  in  relief  with  an  extraordinary  conventionalization 
of  the  combined  dragon-phoenix  of  archaic  conception,  hav¬ 
ing  finely-designed  phoenix-scroll  anti  ring  handles  carved 
in  relief  and  undercutting.  Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  18%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


185 — Jade  Floral  Group 


Cli’ien-lung 


3  too.  In  an  inverted  bell-shaped  jardiniere  of  white  jade,  carved 
in  delicate  relief  with  conventional  phoenix  and  leaf  designs, 
a  tree  peony  in  bloom  in  yellow  and  green  jade,  turquoise, 
lapis-lazuli  and  carnelian.  At  its  foot,  gravel  of  branch 
coral  and  a  turquoise  rock.  Carved  teakwood  table-stand. 

Height,  14%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


186 — Jade  Floral  Group  Cli’ien-lung 

The  Lotus.  In  a  jardiniere  of  dense  imperial  yellow  glass, 
oo.  itself  carved  as  a  cupped  lotus  flower,  there  grows  a  group 
of  the  lotus  in  blossom,  with  leaves  of  green  jade,  and  fknv- 
ers,  buds  and  seed-pods  in  white,  green  and  yellow  jade, 
amethyst  and  agate.  Has  stand. 


Height,  13%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


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187 — Chinese  Glass  Water  Lily  Bowl  Cli’ien-lung 

Inverted  bell  shape  with  bold  foot  and  molded  rim.  Deli¬ 
cate  ruby-toned  glass,  brilliant  and  transparent,  the  body 
between  rim  and  foot  now  rendered  translucent  by  a  patina- 
tion  of  the  inner  surface  in  gray-green  and  white,  from  pre¬ 
cipitation  of  particles  in  solution  during  its  long  usage  in 
the  service  of  beauty.  Carved  teakwood  stand. 


Diameter,  9%  inches. 


188- 


-Chinese  Glass  Water  Lily  Bowl  Ch’ien-lung 

Inverted  bell  shape  with  bold  foot.  Brilliant  colorless  glass; 
the  interior  surface  patinated  in  white  and  soft  gray  from 
the  chemical  action  of  water  and  earthy  ingredients  in  solu¬ 
tion,  with  a  resultant  attractive  color  quality  whether  the 
bowl  be  viewed  with  the  light  upon  it  or  against  the  light. 
Carved  teakwood  stand. 

Diameter,  9%  inches. 


Mu 


189- 

/  6  o. 


-Jade  Floral  Group  KjCh\iefL-lung 

Keika  and  orchid  in  rich  green  and  soft  white  jade,  pink 
tourmaline  and  amber.  In  flattened  beaker-shaped  vase  of 
white  jade  with  dragons,  phoenixes  and  the  sacred  fungus 
carved  in  bold  relief  and  undercut,  and  animalistic  ornamen¬ 
tation  from  ancient  bronze  models  carved  in  low  relief. 
Teakwood  stand.  Height,  18 1/4  inches. 


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190- 

3>o 


-Pair  Jade  Floral  Groups  *  Ch’ien-lung 

The  camellia,  with  serrate  and  finely-veined  leaves  of  green 
jade,  blossoming  resplendently  in  white  jade  and  carnelian, 
turquoise  and  lapis-lazuli.  In  cloisonne  enamel  jardiniere, 
oblong  with  chamfered  corners,  flaring  rim  and  ju-i  feet,  and 
adorned  with  pierced  medallions,  its  enameled  decoration 
floral  designs  in  polychrome  on  a  light  turquoise-blue 
ground.  Carved  teakwood  table-stand. 


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Height ,  1G  inches. 


First  Afternoon 

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191 —  Jade  Floral  Group  Ch'ien-lung 

The  tree  peony  in  brilliant  bloom  in  white  and  yellow  jade, 

0-  amber,  tourmaline,  carnelian  and  turquoise,  amid  leaves  of 
green  jade.  Under  it  a  standing  deer  in  agate.  In  a 
cloisonne  enamel  jardiniere,  oblong  with  concaved  corners, 
ovoid  sides  and  flat  rim,  and  ju-i  feet ;  decoration,  conven¬ 
tional  lotus  and  dragon  designs  in  polychrome  on  a  tur¬ 
quoise  ground,  and  in  addition  each  side  is  adorned  with  an 
inlaid  panel  of  white  jade,  with  incised  ornamentation 
touched  with  gold.  With  teakwood  stand. 

Height,  18  inches. 

192 —  Pair  Jade  Floral  Groups  Ch’ien-lung 

The  peony  and  the  chrysanthemum,  each  in  its  separate 
jardiniere,  with  leaves  carefully  carved  in  green  jade,  and 
blossoms  in  white,  green  and  yellow  jade,  and  in  agate  and 
amber,  carnelian  and  tourmaline,  amethyst  and  lapis-lazuli. 
Under  each  tree  a  carnelian  rabbit.  Jardinieres  of  cloisonne 
enamel,  oblong  with  flaring  rim,  the  sides  contracting  to  ju-i 
feet ;  their  decoration  floral  designs  in  polychrome  on  tur¬ 
quoise-blue  ground.  In  addition,  fan-shaped  panels  of  white 
jade  with  incised  and  gilded  decorations  are  inlaid  on  all 
sides.  Have  stands. 

Height,  19  inches. 


193 — Jade  Floral  Group  Cli’v/n-lung 

In  form  of  a  table  screen,  the  screen  proper  an  upright  rec- 
<•  tilinear  tablet  of  green  jade  with  a  fine  translucence  as  of 
moss  imprisoned  in  greenish  melting  snow,  set  within  a 
carved  and  pierced  teakwood  stand.  The  panel  supports  a 
wall  vase  of  pure  white  jade  resting  within  a  carved  lapis- 
lazuli  base  of  ju-i  pattern,  and  the  vase  holds  a  branch  of 
plum  blossoms  in  pink  tourmaline  and  chrysanthemums  in 
fei-ts’ui  and  green  jade  and  lapis-lazuli. 


Height,  19  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


194— J  Fade  Floral  Group  Ch’ien-lung 

Pure  white  jade  hanging  vase  of  the  Ch’ien-lung  period; 
flattened  pear-shape  with  swinging  bail  handle,  the  body 
finely  carved  in  relief  with  motives  from  the  ancient  bronzes: 
soft  polish.  Swings  from  a  gilt  bronze  dragon  standard  set 
into  a  gilded  teakwood  base,  the  tall  standard  being  entwined 
by  a  grapevine  in  bearing,  which  issues  from  the  vase  beside 
chrysanthemums,  the  vine  leaves,  fruit  and  flowers  executed 
in  green  jade,  moss  crystal,  aquamarine,  amethyst,  carnelian 
and  amber. 


Height,  with  stand,  19%  inches. 


195 — Pair  Jade  Plants 


First  Afternoon 


/ /Ot> . 


The  omoto  plant  of  Japan,  common  to  both  Japan  and 
China  ( Rhodea  japonica),  its  long  and  broad  leaves  of 
green  jade  springing  from  coral  gravel  and  embracing 
bunches  of  its  berries  in  amber,  aquamarine,  turquoise  and 
coral.  In  cloisonne  enamel  pot  decorated  in  a  repetitive 
design  of  archaic  conventional  dragons,  executed  in  deep 
blue  and  vermilion  on  a  turquoise-blue  ground,  the  pot  sup¬ 
ported  on  four  feet  in  the  form  of  squatting  boys.  Teak- 
wood  stand. 


Height,  20  inches. 


//  /  / 

196 — Jade  Floral  Group  Ch’ien-lung 

The  chrysanthemum  blooms  at  the  foot  of  a  plum  tree  in 
yjoo  blossom,  their  flowers  in  fei-ts’ui  and  white  jade  and  pale 
green  jade,  and  in  agate  and  tourmaline,  turquoise  and 
lapis-lazuli.  Held  in  a  flattened  globular  vase  of  dense  jade 
of  soft  and  light  moss-green  hue,  finely  carved  in  low  relief 
on  obverse  and  reverse  with  scrolls  of  fabulous  animalistic 
design  encircling  floral  medallions,  the  scrolls  exhibiting  the 
dragon  or  dragon-horse  head  and  the  phoenix  tail.  Incised 
details  enriched  with  cold.  Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  20  inches. 


197 — Jade  Floral  Group  Ch’ien-lung 


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(  i  Chrysanthemum  blossoming  in  fei-ts’ui,  white  and  yellow 
jade,  and  carnelian  agate,  with  leaves  of  green  jade,  issuing 
from  a  flattened  pear-shaped  vase  of  greenish-white  jade 
with  ferrous  markings,  carved  in  delicate  relief  with  the 
t’ao-t’ieli  ogre  features  of  the  ancient  bronzes,  and  in  bold 
relief  and  undercutting  with  dragons  of  the  sea  and  land — 
the  lung  and  the  mang — whose  sinuous  bodies  form  handles 
to  the  vase.  Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  21%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


Ov4K. 


1 98— JadeJ^oiTal  Gkoup  Ch’ien-lung 

A  winter-blooming  wild  plum  tree  blossoming  in  white  jade, 
and  a  lily  of  green  jade  and  amethyst,  spring  from  the 
broad  neck  of  a  vase  of  flattened  globular  form  with  dragon¬ 
head  loop  and  loose-ring  handles,  both  faces  of  which  are 
carved  in  relief  with  an  archaic  and  highly  conventional 
phoenix-scroll — the  jade  exhibiting  a  soft  and  rich  waxen 
polish.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  21  inches. 


199 — Jade  Floral  Group 


Ch’im-lung 


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Ming  vase  of  dense  white  and  grayish-white  jade  with  rich 
ferrous  marbling,  carved  in  beaker  form  and  adorned  with 
bas-relief  carvings  in  animalistic  and  floral  motives  of  prim¬ 
itive  design  and  highly  conventionalized.  Within  it  a  flour¬ 
ishing  example  of  the  tree  peoni"  with  green  jade  leaves  and 
blossoming  in  green,  fei-ts’ui,  yellow  and  white  jade,  lapis- 
lazuli,  turquoise  and  amethyst.  Has  stand. 


Height,  23%  inches. 


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200 — Jade  Floral  Group  Ch’ien-lung 

The  camellia  in  bloom,  in  white  jade  and  delicate  carnelian 
agate,  with  leaves  of  rich  green  jade  highly  polished  and 
showing  finely-incised  veins.  In  a  tall  quadrilateral  jar¬ 
diniere  of  cloisonne  enamel,  with  expanding  lip  and  elab¬ 
orately  fashioned  base  with  ju-i  feet,  the  principal  orna¬ 
mentation  floral  panels  in  soft  polychrome  on  a  turquoise- 
blue  ground.  Metal  stand. 

Height,  23%  inches. 


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201 — White  Glass  Aquarium  with  Teakwood  Stand 

Bell  shape  with  flaring  rim,  the  sides  fluted  as  chrysanthe¬ 
mum  petals,  and  containing  lotus  plants  in  white  and  yellow 
jade  and  amethyst.  On  a  Ch’ien-lung  teakwood  pedestal 
carved  with  dragons,  which  rests  on  a  modern  quadrilateral 
base. 


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0. 


Diameter,  15  inches;  height  of  stand,  38  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


202 — Chinese  Cloisonne  Aquarium 


o. 


Oblong,  with  gilt  bronze  finials  and  corner  braces,  JDn  a 
table-base  with  skirt  and  feet  in  ju-i  motive.  Conventional 
lotus  scroll  decoration  in  rich  polychrome  on  a  turquoise- 
blue  ground.  Within,  a  sea  flooring  of  broken  red  coral, 
natural  rocks,  shells,  and  branches  of  white  and  pink  coral. 


tT pf. 


fr\  Length,  15%  inches. 


The  entire  floor 


203 — Cloisonne  Enamel  Birdcage 

Dome  shape,  on  four  enameled  ju-i  feet, 
and  the  exterior  and  interior  of  the  base  enameled  in  floral 
motive  in  polychrome  on  a  turquoise-blue  ground.  Equipped 
with  fei-ts'ui  jade,  cloisonne  enamel  and  ivory  cups,  and 
ivory  worm-tongs.  On  tripod  pedestal  with  Ming  decora¬ 
tions  in  cloisonne  enamel. 


Height,  14%  inches;  of  stand,  64%  inches. 

If  *r 

204 — Cloisonne  Enamel  Birdcage  and  Stand 


Companion  to  the  preceding  and  of  same  dimensions. 


First  Afternoon 


205 — Tortoise-shell  Birdcage 


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H'Jf 


Cli’ien-lung 

Cylindrical  with  flattened  top,  on  three  carved  and  pierced 
ivorv  feet,  their  elaborate  carving  picturing  landscapes  and 
many  figures.  The  cage  itself  lavishly  adorned  with  further 
ivory  carvings  of  various  description,  besides  other  rich 
ornaments  and  utensils.  Suspended  bv  a  chain  of  jade  and 
other  materials  from  a  tall  dragon  stand  with  a  galleried 
hexagonal  base,  the  stand  in  black  lacquer  richly  decorated 
in  gold,  the  decorations  including  landscapes,  birds  and 
lotus  scrolls  besides  lattice  designs.  Of  the  Ch’ien-lung 
period  throughout. 

Height,  21  inches;  of  stand,  103  inches. 


( Illustrated ) 

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206 — Tortoise-shell  Birdcage  with  Lacquer  Stand 

Ch’ien-lung 


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Companion  to  the  preceding,  and  of  the  same  period 


throughout.  Same  dimensions. 


( Illustrated ) 

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-Buffalo  Horn  Birdcage  with  Lacquer  Stand 

Cli’ien-lung 

Octagonal,  with  dome  top,  on  four  carved  and  pierced  ivory 
feet.  Black  lacquer  base  inlaid  in  mother-of-pearl  with 
figures,  birds  and  flowers.  Equipped  with  ivory  worm-tongs, 
cups  of  ivory,  fei-ts’ui  jade  and  other  materials,  and  further 
furnished  and  decorated  with  ivory  carvings  of  varied  char¬ 
acter.  Suspended  by  a  white  jade  ring  from  a  dragon  stand, 
the  standard  issuing  from  a  vase  borne  upon  the  back  of  an 
elephant  who  stands  upon  an  elaborately  carved  and  painted 
base. 

Height,  1 7 ’/>  inches;  of  stand,  69 y2  inches. 


208 — Buffalo  Horn  Birdcage  with  Lacquer  ^tand 

Ch’ien-lung 

Companion  to  the  preceding  and  of  the  same  period  and 
dimensions. 


206 


205 


Tortoise-shell  Birdcages  with  Lacquer  Stands  ( Cli  ien  lung ) 


First  Afternoon 


209 — Tortoise-shell  Birdcage  with 


Id-  74- 


Stand 


Dome  shape,  on  four  carved  and  pierced  ivory  feet.  Base 
of  black  lacquer  inlaid  with  birds,  pomegranates,  magnolia, 
lotus  and  peony,  in  soapstone  of  various  colors.  Equipped 
with  ivory  worm-tongs  and  jade,  ivory,  porcelain  and  cloi¬ 
sonne  enamel  cups.  Suspended  by  white  jade  pendants  from 
a  tall  standard  issuing  from  the  head  of  a  lion  in  Japanese 
bronze,  which  stands  on  a  quadrilateral  base  lacquered  in 
gold. 


Height,  14  inches;  of  stand,  93  inches. 


210 — Blue  Glass  Aquarium  with  Lacquer  Stand  '  • 

Globular  jar  of  transparent  rich  blue  glass,  containing  lotus 


plants  in  jade  and  tourmaline.  On  a  pedestal  with  a  stand¬ 
ard  issuing  from  a  quadrilateral  base  and  supporting  a  large 
lotus  blossom,  and  on  the  base  a  wood  sculpture  of  the  Ming 


period — -a  standing  figure  of  Kuan-yin  holding  a  vase — the 


whole  lacquered  in  vermilion  and  gold  and  now  exhibiting  a 
patina  of  soft  tones. 


Diameter  of  jar,  13  inches;  height  of  pedestal,  47  inches. 


( Illustrated  ) 


211 — White  Glass  Aquarium  with  Sta 


Globular  jar  of  transparent  colorless  glass,  girdled  by  a 


faceted  band,  containing  lotus  plants  in  white  and  green 
jade  and  carnelian  set  in  a  gravel  of  coral  stems.  Set  upon 
a  wood  pedestal  displaying  a  standard  carved  with  clouds 


and  bats,  supporting  a  large  lotus  flower,  the  standard 
issuing  from  an  oblong  base  on  which  is  the  finely-carved 
Ming  figure  of  a  seated  boy  ivho  is  playing  with  toads.  The 
figure  highly  polished,  and  exhibiting  patches  of  dull  patina, 
the  standard  painted  in  reddish-brown. 


Diameter  of  howl,  13  inches;  height  of  pedestal,  31  inches. 
( Illustrated ) 


210 


211 


No.  210 — Blue  Glass  Aquarium  with  Lacquer  Stand 
No.  211 — White  Glass  Aquarium  with  Stand 


First  Afternoon 


-  ~  "  T  v>/  tj^to-cryyu^u 

Green  Glass  Aquarium  with  .Lacquer  stand 
A  globular  jar  of  transparent  emerald-green  glass,  con¬ 
taining  jade  lotus  plants,  set  upon  a  carved  wood  pedestal 
with  a  standard  supporting  a  lotus  flower,  issuing  from  a 
quadrangular  base  on  which  is  a  standing  Ming  figure  of  a 
smiling  and  playful  boy  carved  in  wood.  Painted  in  ver¬ 
milion  and  gold. 


Diameter  of  jar,  13  inches;  height  of  pedestal,  31  inches. 


If- 


213 — Chinese  Carved  Wood  Aquarium  ^  .fy. 

Formed  of  a  wreath  carved  and  pierced  in  peony-scroll 


design,  springing  from  an  inverted  pear-shaped  vase  and 
upborne  by  two  figures — temple-entrance  guardians — sup¬ 
ported  on  an  oblong  base  with  ju-i  feet.  The  whole  painted 
in  gold  and  vermilion  lacquer.  The  tank,  within  the  wreath, 
contains  a  large  growth  of  “sponge  coral”  in  natural  state, 
shells  and  stones. 


214 — Pair  Rare 


Mto. 


Ch’ien-lung 

Four  folds  each.  Of  unusual  construction,  the  decorations 
painted  in  soft  hues  of  many  colors  on  transparent  paper 
cut  in  outline  and  pierced,  and  placed  between  finely  spun 
glass  threads,  the  threads  on  the  two  faces  strung  diagonally 
and  crossing  at  right  angles,  giving  a  fine  mesh  effect,  and 
with  the  paintings  giving  the  whole  a  resemblance  to  led-ssu 
tapestry  work.  This  structure  is  then  protected  by  glass 
panels  on  both  sides.  The  decorations  in  the  principal  tier 
of  panels  picture  an  imperial  garden  party,  showing  the 
emperor  and  empress,  noble  callers,  attendants  and  an  or¬ 
chestra  of  female  musicians.  The  lower  panels  are  given  to 
handsome  floral  groups.  The  original  frame  being  too  fra¬ 
gile  for  general  use  in  the  Occident,  for  a  screen  of  such 
weight,  a  new  frame  following  precisely  the  original  design 
has  been  constructed,  in  this  country,  to  afford  greater 
stability. 

Height,  5914  inches;  panel  width,  14%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


215 — Grand  Aquarium  svuUA. 

Enclosing  a  representation  of  the  Dragon  Palace,  the  fabu¬ 
lous  undersea  abode  of  the  greatest  of  all  supernatural 
beasts  in  tbe  Chinese  highly  fertile  imagination.  Pavilions 
of  lapis-lazuli  and  yellow  jade  are  neighbors  of  pagodas  and 
other  buildings,  and  of  red  and  white  coral  trees;  white  jade 
bridges,  and  white  jade  boats  with  boatmen,  await  figures 
and  animals  of  fci-ts'ui  jade  and  white  jade,  of  turquoise 
and  aventurine ;  and  seed-pearl,  white  jade  and  turquoise 
rocks  stand  beside  natural  stones  some  of  which  are  colored. 
Mounted  on  carved  wood  table. 


6. 


Height,  34  inches:  length  and  •width  (approximative),  55  inches  and 
IS  inches;  height,  including  table ,  66  inches. 


CHINESE  PEWTER  AND  ENAMELS 


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-Chinese  Pewter  Jar  K'ang-lisi 

Ovoid,  with  narrow  and  flattened  shoulder  and  wide  mouth. 
C'avo-rilievo  decoration,  of  three  foliated  panels  enclosing 
highly  conventionalized  archaic  dragons  on  a  thunder-scroll 
ground,  and  a  ju-i  shoulder  border.  Gray  patina  of  soft 
lustre.  Has  stand. 

feight,  3 ys  inches. 


217- 

M  O 


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-Japanese  Pewter  Ceremonial  Wine  Pot 

Seventeenth  Century 
Cylindrical,  with  horizontal  spout,  rigid  bail  handle  in  bam¬ 
boo  motive,  and  three  stump  feet.  Relief  and  incised  dec¬ 
oration  of  tumultuous  waves  of  the  sea.  Gray  patina  of 
dull  lustre.  Has  lacquer  cover.  Ifeight.,  6%  inches. 


218- 

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-Chinese  Pewter  Bottle  Ming 

Pear  shape  with  slender  neck  expanding  at  the  lip,  and 
bold  foot  lightly  spreading;  six  sided.  Decoration  inlaid 
in  brass  displaying  the  feng-huang,  a  leaping  carp,  song¬ 
sters  and  shrubbery.  Both  metals  showing  a  soft  patina 
dark  in  tone.  Has  stand.  Height,  7%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


219 

Jr- 


220 


221 

j(od- 


Chinese  Pewter  Tea  Jar 


Ovoid,  with  broad  flat  foot,  flattened  shoulder,  and  narrow 
cylindrical  neck  capped  bv  a  lined  cover.  Repousse  and 
engraved  decoration  of  the  eight  Taoist  immortals  among 
clouds,  reserved  in  the  smooth  within  a  diapered  ground.  On 
the  cover,  flowers  and  a  Shou  medallion.  Delicate  patina. 
Seal  marks  under  foot  and  within  cover.  Has  stand. 


Chinese  Pewter  Octagonal  Vase  with  Cover  Ming 
Brass-inlay  decoration  of  figures  and  flowers.  On  the  brass 
a  rich  copper-color  and  black  patina,  and  on  the  pewter  a 
soft  dark  gray  patina  of  dim  lustre.  Underneath  foot  an 
eight-character  mark,  incised  in  brass  and  inset,  reciting 
that  the  vase  was  made  in  the  sixteenth  year  of  Hung  Chih 
of  the  Ming  dynasty  (A.D.  1501).  Has  stand. 


Japanese  Pewter  Tea  Jar  with  Covers 

Seventeenth  Century 
Ovoid  with  flat  foot,  high  and  flattened  shoulder,  short 
neck  with  molded  lip,  and  cap  cover  over  an  inner  in-setting 
cover.  Unadorned  save  by  its  fine  patina  of  silvery  gray 
and  black,  and  sundry  mottlings.  Underneath  foot  an  in¬ 
cised  mark  saying  that  Yazayemon  made  it,  at  the  corner  of 
Shimmachi  and  Takeyamachi,  Kyoto.  Has  stand. 

Height,  IT1/,  inches. 


Height,  15%  inch 

<V. 


222 — Chinese  Enameled  Smoking  Set  Ch'ien-lung 

Consisting  of  a  long-stemmed  pipe  and  a  casket-shaped  box 
with  taper  holders  in  plated  silver,  with  rich  adornment  in 
gilt  relief  which  appears  on  blue  and  white  enamel  ground, 
the  adornment  comprising  figures  of  immortals,  geometrical 
designs  and  ideographic  inscriptions,  all  finely  worked. 

Length  of  pipe,  19 %  inches;  height  of  box,  3%  inches. 


First  Afternoon 

223 — Cloisonne  Enamel  Plant  .Jar  /  Ch  ien-lung 

Cylindrical,  with  two  lion-mask  and  loose-ring  handles  and 
Jo-  three  double-bands  of  cording,  gilt,  and  the  body  between 
them  carrying  a  fine  lotus  scroll  decoration  in  polychrome 
enamels  on  a  light  turquoise-blue  ground.  On  original 
pierced  gilt  metal  and  enameled  circular  stand  with  six  ju-i 
feet.  Height,  with  stand,  9%  inches. 

— Peking  Enamel  Plant  Jar  '  Ch'ien-lung 

Inverted  bell  shape,  with  foliated  rim,  and  sides  modeled  in 
accord,  and  low  and  spreading  hexagonal  foot.  Rich  dec¬ 
oration  of  bats  and  highly  conventional  floral  scroll,  in  poly¬ 
chrome  and  gold,  on  an  azure  ground.  Imperial  seal  mark. 
Balustered  teakwood  stand.  Diameter.  934  inches. 

^-Inlaid  Jewel  Casket  Ming 

Lacquer  with  ivory  inlay,  the  top  and  all  sides  abundantly 
adorned  with  male  and  female  figures,  landscapes,  flowers 
and  birds,  the  dragon  and  the  dragon-horse,  inlaid  in  ivory. 
Lined  with  antique  silk  velvet  with  floral  and  medallion  orna¬ 
mentation.  Length,  15%  inches. 

Hanging  Vase 


224 


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225 


— Chinese  oilver-gilt 


J-So 


Inverted  pear  shape,  flattened,  with  a  broadly  expanded 
quatrefoil  rim  and  a  bail  handle,  presenting  the  shape  of  a 
conventional  Chinese  flower  basket,  in  filigree  with  inlays  of 
kingfishers’  feathers.  Above  the  rim  conventional  butter¬ 
flies.  White  jade  hanging-ring,  and  chain  of  cultivated 
pearls.  Has  stand. 

Length  with  chain  a itif  pendants,  11  y2  inches. 

Imperial  Peking  Enamel  Jardiniere  ^ch'ien-lung 

Ovoid  with  flat  foot  and  molded  rim.  Painted  in  brilliant 
enamels  of  rich  coloring  enhanced  with  gold,  on  a  ground 
of  turquoise-blue,  with  conventional  bats,  emblematic  of 
happiness,  within  a  finely  designed  and  executed  conven¬ 
tional  floral  scroll,  rich,  bold  and  resplendent.  Has  Ming 
vermilion  lacquer  table-stand,  with  vestigial  decoration  in 
gold  revealing  peony  scrolls  and  conventional  clouds. 

Diameter,  30%  inches;  height  of  stand,  If  inches. 


First  Afternoon 


Ho- 


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J-/0 


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-Carved  Lacquer  and  Cloisonne  Enamel*’ 


Circular,  with  five  cabriole  legs  adorned  with  carved  scrolls, 
resting  on  knob  feet  supported  on  a  circular  base;  skirt 
foliated,  the  shallow  drum  above  it  pierced  with  slender 
quatrcfoils.  All  in  brown  lacquer  dusted  with  minute  mother- 
of-pearl  inlay,  and  enriched  with  gold.  The  cloisonne  enamel 
top  a  vermilion  dragon  with  features  in  polychrome,  in  a 
turquoise  sky  over  a  polychromatic  sea. 


Height,  34%  inches;  diameter,  15  inches 

M  ,  ^  .  , 


MW. 


-Cloisonne  Enamel  Hanging  Lantern 


Quadrilateral  with  chamfered  corners,  and  formal  base  and 
top.  In  openwork  throughout,  the  motives  conventional 
lotus  scroll  and  Buddhistic  emblems  of  happy  augury,  in 
polychrome  enamels,  enclosing  oblong  panels  of  glass  which 
are  backed  by  paintings  of  birds  and  flowers  on  paper.  Sup¬ 
plied  with  an  iron  chain  linked  with  fei-ts’ui  jade  and  glass 
globes. 

Height,  14%  inches. 

^  '  ' 


Cloisonne  Enamel  Hanging  Lantern 
Companion  to  the  preceding. 


SECOND  AFTERNOON’S  SALE 


FRIDAY,  FEBRUARY  4,  1921 

AT  THE  AMERICAN  ART  GALLERIES 


BEGINNING  AT  2  O’CLOCK 


231 — -xorcelain  Snuff  Bottle  Ch'ien-lung 

Flattened  pear  shape,  of  irregular  conformation,  and  em¬ 
braced  within  pine,  plum  and  bamboo  trees  modeled  in  relief. 
Grayish  creamy  glaze  with  delicate  cafe-au-lait  crackle. 
Has  stand. 


232 — Porcelain  Snuff  Bottle  Ch'ien-lung 

Figure  of  a  dog  Fu  on  its  haunches,  with  forepaws  embrac¬ 
ing  a  cub.  Cream-white  glaze  lightly  crackled.  Has  stand. 

Height,  3  inches. 


233— Mirrok-hlack  Miniature  Bottle  VJi  lenilfing 

;S*^uear  shape  with  spreading  foot.  Monochrome  glaze  of  bril¬ 
liant  mirror-black.  With  stand. 


Jv.  >!/■ 

)ttle  Ch'ien-luiK 


234— Mi  Rll OR- BLACK  MlNIATURE  BoTTLE  (  It  'len-lUtig 

J  O  Globular  with  short  neck  1  ightly'  expanding;  lustrous  mir- 
ror-black  glaze.  With  stand. 


Second  Afternoon 


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235 —  Flamhk  Coupe  /  Ch’ien-lung 
*7  'ft  Compressed  globular  form  with  lightly  indicated  lip.  Dense 

ffa-mbe  glaze  of  rich  deep  reds  with  occasional  purplish 
flashes.  Has  stand.  .  r\ 

yyuw-3-o. 

236 —  Cherry-color  Coupe  (  Yung  Clieng 
Globular  with  small  mouth.  Fine  white  porcelain  in  a  bril¬ 
liant  glaze  of  rich  cherry-pink  and  approaching  the  darker 
notes  of  the  peachblooms.  Has  stand. 

-Celadon  Coupe  Ch’ien-lung 

Cylindrical  rounding  into  a  small  circular  mouth.  Lumin¬ 
ous  celadon  glaze  of  pale  greenish-gray.  Seal  mark  in 
underglaze  blue.  Has  stand.  ,  > ,  /) 

-Cafe-au-lait  Bottle  /  /  K’ang-hsi 

Pear  shape  with  slender  neck  and  trumpet  lip  and  low  foot. 
Brilliant  glaze  of  warm  cafe-au-lait  note,  with  mirror  prop- 
^■ties.  Has  stand. 

Cafe-au-lait  Vase  K’ang-hsi 

Baluster  form  with  short  neck  and  spreading  lip.  Luminous 
glaze  in  a  light,  pale  tone  of  cafe-au-lait.  With  stand. 

c  ,v  T  yjuo-yk.. 

240 — Small  White  .Jar  Cli len-luyg 

Ovoid  with  embryonic  neck  and  lightly  defined  lip.  Clothed 
in  a  monochrome  glaze  of  soft  and  brilliant  white.  Has 

J , 

.241 — Rose-souffle  Jar  Ch’ien-lung 

Ovoid  with  short  neck ;  clothed  in  a  rose-souffle  glaze  of 
bright  lustre.  Withstand. 


238- 

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239 


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242^— Marbleized  Jar  £/  'Ch’ien-lung 

Ovoid  with  embryonic  neck  ;  marbleized  glaze  in  a  variety 
of  coloring,  with  brilliant  surface.  Has  stand. 

243 — Mustard-yellow  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Double-gourd  form,  within  a  glaze  of  light  greenish  mustard- 
yellow  with  fishroe  crackle.  Has  stand. 


Second  Afternoon 


244 —  Mustard-yellow  Vase  '  T T&n-lung 
Oviform  with  short  neck  and  spreading  lip.  Light  mustard- 
yellow  glaze,  truite.  With  stand./  ... 

Mu. 

245 —  Watermelon-green  Jar  Cli’ien-lung 
Ovoid  with  short  neck  and  delicate  lip.  Rich  and  luminous 
glaze  of  watermelon-green,  lightly  crack^pd.  With  stand. 

246 —  Cucumber-green  Jar  Cliiey-lung 
Ovoid  with  short  neck.  Monochrome  glaze  of  cucumber- 
green,  truite,  with  a  soft  lustre.  Has  stand. 


247— Set  of  Five  Coral  Wine  Cups  Ch’ien-lung 

Ovoid,  on  a  short  foot.  Fine,  light  and  delicate,  semi-egg¬ 
shell  white  porcelain,  the  interior  of  the  cups  glazed  in  pure 
white,  and  the  exterior  in  a  brilliant  and  rich  coral-pink  of 
fine  tonal  quality.  Have  stands.. 


248 — Camellia-leaf  Green  Vase  Kfc/ug-hsi 

-  Oviform  with  short  neck  and  lightly  flaring  lip.  Brilliant 

monochrome  glaze  in  the  green  of  the  camellia-leaf  light  in 
tone  and  showing  a  delicate  fishroe  crackle.  With  stand. 

Height,  3  niches. 


/Z 


249 — Cafe-au-lait  Vase  K'aug-lisi 

^  Oviform  with  short  neck  and  spreading  lip.  Brilliant  mir¬ 
ror  glaze  of  light  but  rich  cafe-au-lait.  With  stand. 

Height,  3  inches. 


Jo 


250 — Metallic-souffle  Bottle  Ch'ien-lung 

Ovoid  with  slender  neck.  Luminous  glaze  of  iron-rust 
brown,  with  delicate  metallic-soa^c  surface.  Has  stand. 

ight,  3%  inches 


251  -Mirror-black  Bottle 

jy 


lenblung 

Double-gourd  form,  invested  with  a  brilliant  glaze  of  mirror- 


black.  Has  stand. 


Height,  314  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


252- 

JO. 

253- 


Camellia-leaf  Green  Vase  Ch'ien-lung 

Slender  oviform  with  short  neck.  Monochrome  glaze  of 
rich  camellia-leaf  green,  without  the  customary  crackle. 
Y\  i til  stand.  Height,  3  inches. 

Soft  Paste  Jar  FiW?  Offing 

Elongated  oviform  with  short  neck.  So-called  “soft  paste” 
porcelain,  light  and  delicate,  with  a  faintly  incised  and 
barely  discernible  primitive  floral  decoration,  within  a  dense 
cream  glaze  with  a  fine  cafe-au-hrit  crackle.  Has  stand. 

Height,  3%  inches. 


254— Blanc  3e’  Chine  Statuette 


Ch'ien-lung 

Seated  figure  of  Hotei,  happily  smiling  and  holding  a  fly 
whisk.  Brilliant  monochrome  glaze  of  rich  white.  Has 
stand.  Height,  4  inches. 


255 — Famille-verte  Bottle  K’ang-hsi 

Pear  shape  with  slender  neck  and  trumpet  lip,  on  a  delicate 
foot.  Fine  glaze  of  pure  white  rich  in  quality,  with  an  over- 
glaze  decoration  in  colors  of  the  famille-verte  exhibiting 
designs  from  the  hundred  antiques.  Has  stand. 

Height,  4%  inches. 


% 


256 — Mirror-black  Bottle 
Jb  Globular  with  straight  tubular  neck. 


with  soft  lustre.  Has  stand. 


n 


n 


It  levHlung 
Mirror-black  glaze 

Height,  4 y4  inches. 

25T — Tea-dust  Bottle  Ch'ien-lung 

,J  O  Low  ovoidal  body  with  steep  shoulder  and  slender  necky  and 
deep  foot.  Rich  tea-dust  green  glaze  of  soft  lustre.  Has 
stand.  Q  Height, inches. 

White  Bottle  £  Cllfen-lung 

Pear  shape  with  short  slender  neck  and  low  foot.  Luminous 
glaze  in  soft  white  of  creamy  suggestion.  Tcakwood  stand. 

Height,  5%  inches. 


■ to 


Second  Afternoon 


259 —  Metallic -so u ff l e  Gallipot  Cli’ien-lung 

Rich  dark  brown  "laze,  almost  black,  brilliant  and  further 
enlivened  by  minute  iron-rust  and  silvery  deckings.  Has 
stand.  Height,  5  inches. 

'pHAcs  .d JutxUH 

260 —  Crackled  Celadon  Vase  K’ang-hsi 

vi  ^Ovocvlindrical  with  delicate  foot,  short  and  slender  neck 

IT  and  short  everted  lip.  Brilliant  celadon  glaze  of  pale  grav- 
ish-seagreen,  with  a  bold  crackle  in  cafe-uu-lait  lines.  Has 


stand. 


Height,  5  inches. 


With 

inches. 


261 —  White  Bottle  (ytiien^tung 
k/0  Pear  shape  with  delicate  and  long  neck  and  low  foot.  Mono 

M‘  chrome  glaze  of  soft  white  and  subdued  luminosity. 

stand.  Height,  5\ 

262 —  Royal  Blue  Jar  K’ang-hsi 
Ovoidal  with  truncate  neck  and  low  foot.  Blew-de-roi  glaze 
rich  in  tone  and  of  mirror  brilliance.  Has  stand. 

H eicj  h  f .  5  y2  i n  ch  es . 


p 

263 — Royal  Blue  Oviform  Jar  K’ang-hsi 

With  short  neck  and  molded  lip.  Brilliant  mirror  glaze  of 
royal  blue,  rich  in  tone.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  5 y3  inches. 


¥ 

261 — Turquoise-rlue  Vase  Ch’ien-lung 

Inverted  pear  shape  with  short  wide  neck  and  spreading  lip. 
Brilliant  glaze  of  rich  and  finely  mottled  turquoise-blue, 
truite.  Carved  stand.  Height,  5y2  inches. 


,r 

265 — Pair  Pale  Celadon  Beaker-form  Vases  K’ang-hsi 

Light  but  dense  porcelain,  the  exterior  coated  with  the  palest 
of  grayish-celadon,  sometimes  called  not  sea-green  but  gray- 
peagreen,  glaze,  of  soft  and  delicate  luminosity.  Have 
stands.  Height.  5%  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


Spheroidal  with  full  neck  lightly  expanding,  and  bold  foot 
slightly  convex.  Turquoise-blue  glaze  with  a  slight  trend 
toward  the  greenish-turquoise  tone,  of  delicate,  soft  lumin¬ 
osity,  and  disclosing  a  fine  pin-crackle.  With  stand. 

Height ./  5] '/%  inches. 


...... 

267 —  Mustard-yellow  Vase  Ch’ien-lung 
JS-  Amphora  shape,  the  trumpet  lip  glazed  in  seal-brown  and 

the  body  in  a  delicate  mustard-yellow  with  fishroe  crackle 
and  brilliant  surface.  Has  stand.  nHeight,  5%  incite 

268 —  Camellia-leaf  Green  Vase 
Oviform  with  short  full  neck  and  flaring  trumpet  lip. 
liant  glaze  of  mirror  quality,  in  a  fine  tone  of  camellia-leaf 
green,  closely  and  boldly  crackled  in  fine  and  delicate  lines. 


With  stand. 


Height,  5 y2  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


I'll!) - (  AM EI.  1,1  A- LEAF  (iREEX 


Bottle  K’ang-hsi 

Globular-ovoidal  witli  tubular  neck.  Rich  and  fine  camellia- 
leaf  green  glaze  of  mirror  brilliancy,  with  a  dense  and  deli¬ 
cately-lined  fishroe  crackle.  Has  stand. 

Height,  6  inches. 

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27 0-^M  U  STA  R  D-YELLOW 


Bottle 


Ch’ien-lunci 


Ovoid  with  flat  foot,  and  tubular  neck  lightly  expanding. 
Brilliant  glaze  of  fine  light  mustard-yellow,  truite.  Has 
stand. 

Height,  5%  inches. 

2T1 — Bleu-de-roi  Bottle  K’ang-hsi 

Pear  shape  with  short  neck  and  bold  foot.  Brilliant  blen- 
cJc-roi  glaze  very  deep  and  dark  in  tone.  Has  stand. 


Height,  5%  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


774/* 

272 — Splashed  Celadon  Bottle  Ch'ien-lung 

Globular  with  slender  neck,  the  neck  and  shoulder  partly 
encircled  bv  a  dragon  modeled  in  free  relief.  Fine  hard 
paste  porcelain,  enclosed  in  a  glaze  of  brilliant  and  pure 
pale  celadon  tone,  and  engagingly  splashed  in  soft  brown 
and  the  delicate  greens  and  rose  of  ripening  peach-skin. 
Seal  mark  of  the  reign.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  5ya  inches. 


273 — Mustard-yellow  Vase 


Ovoidal  with  short  full  neck  and  flarin' 


274- 


Jt-0- 


Cli'ien-lung 
lip.  Luminous 

glaze  of  fine  light  mustard-yellow,  truite.  Superior  sur¬ 
face  of  lip  in  a  brilliant  camellia-leaf  green  glaze  of  rich 
quality,  truite.  With  stand.  height,  6  inches. 

Lapis-blue  Bottle 

Globular  with  steeply  sloping  shoulder  and  cylindrical  neck. 
Brilliant  glaze  of  rich  and  pure  lapis-lazuli  blue,  deep  in 
tone  and  of  delicate  peau-cV  orange  surface.  Has  stand. 

275 — Cafe-au-lait  Jar  /  Ming 

/V  Inverted  pear  shape  with  short  neck  and  molded  lip.  Dense 
enamel  glaze  of  cream-white  and  cafe-au-lait,  with  a  close 
crackle,  and  in  addition  a  rare  crackle  of  broad  spaces  which 
appears  in  lines  of  purple-rose.  Teakwood  stand. 


276 - T  UR  QU  OISE-BLUE  BOTTLE 


Globular  with  slender  neck  very  lightly  expanding.  Bril¬ 
liant  glaze  of  pure  and  fine  and  lightly  mottled  turquoise- 
blue,  of  minute  truite  character.  Has  stand. 


■  >e. 

277 — Metallic-souffle  Vase 

Pear  shape  with  deep  and  spreading 

expanding  lip,  and  two  dragon-head  loop  handles.  Lus¬ 
trous  glaze  of  dark  purplish-brown,  plenteous!}'  and 
minutely  besprinkled  with  fine  metallic  fleckings  of  silvery 
note.  Teakwood  cover  and  stand.  Height.  6  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 

- 

278 —  Bleu-de-roi  Bottle  K’ang-hsi 

/JT Ovoid  with  straight  slender  neck.  Rich  glaze  of  deep  royal 

blue,  with  mirror  properties.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  G  indies. 

yr  //  // 

279 —  White  Decorated  Vase  K’ang-hsi 

cp  «  Pear  shape  tapering  to  a  slender  neck  with  trumpet  lip,  and 

delicately-defined  foot.  Incised  in  the  paste,  emblems, 
household  ornaments  and  a  stand  of  books,  beneath  a  mono¬ 
chrome  glaze  of  pure  soft  white,  even  in  tone  and  of  deli¬ 
cate  luminosity.  Has  stand.  Height,  G'/s  inches. 

280 —  Turquoise-blue  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Ovoid  with  cylindrical  neck.  Delicately  mottled  turquoise- 
blue  glaze  with  a  brilliant  mirror  surface  and  bold  fisbroe 
crackle.  Has  stand.  Height,  G ys  indies. 

CL' 

-Royal  Blue  Jar  K’ang-hsi 

Ovoid  with  short  neck  and  spreading  lip.  Luminous  mono¬ 
chrome  glaze  of  rich  hleu-de-roi.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  G y4  inches. 

282 —  Soufflk  Gallipot  Yung  Cheng 

Dense  porcelain,  coated  with  a  rich  enamel  glaze  with  a 
souffle  surface  of  many  notes,  including  iron-rust  tones,  and 
the  lip  appearing  wholly  in  plain  iron-rust  hue.  Has  stand. 

Height,  G14  inches. 

283 —  White  Bottle-form  \  ase  Ch  ien-lung 

Globular  with  tall  neck  and  spreading  lip  and  foot,  the 
body  marked  in  melon  lobes  bv  double  incision.  Brilliant 
glaze  of  pure  soft  white.  Has  stand.  Height.,  6%  inches. 

/»  //  // 

281 —  Turquoise-blue  Vase  Ch’icn-lung 

Amphora  form  with  short  neck  and  trumpet  lip.  Glaze  of 

/  turquoise-blue  with  a  trend  toward  the  greenish-turquoise 

note,  with  fine  fisbroe  crackle.  Carved  stand. 

Height,  6%  inches. 


281- 
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V 


286- 

ur- 


Second  Afternoon 

{a  '  ‘  , 

285 — Rorix’s-egg  Souffle  Bottle-form  Vase  Ch’ien-lung 
Globul  ar  with  1  ightlv  spreading  foot,  and  tubular  neck  with 
flange  lip.  Body  and  neck  encircled  by  lightly  molded  rings. 
Robin’s-egg  souffle  gla/e  mellow  in  tone  and  of  soft  lustre. 
Teakwood  stand. 

4/  * v  JJfl'fd'f,  6%  inflies. 

Metallic-souffle  Bottle  Ch’ien-lufli 

Double-gourd  shape.  Unusual  souffle  glaze,  of  soft  silvery 
lustre  and  scintillant  sparkle.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height.,  7  inches. 

287 —  Celadon  Bottle-form  Vase  Ch’ien-lung 

With  melon-form  mid-body  expansion,  and  the  whole  ver¬ 
tically  fluted  in  broad  and  narrow  melon  lobes,  and  glazed  in 
a  pure  and  brilliant  celadon  tone,  a  light  and  delicate  gray- 
ish-seagreen.  Has  stand. 

Height,  1  ]/8  inches. 

288 —  Brilliant  Azure  Bottle-shaped  Vase  K’ang-hsi 

Body  a  modified  inverted  pear  shape,  with  steeply  sloping 
shoulder,  slender  neck  slightly  tapering,  expanding  lip  anti 
lightly  molded  foot.  Mirror  glaze  of  rich  and  glowing 
azure,  with  brilliant  atmospheric  depths.  Has  stand. 


289- 


290- 

/JT 


-Iron-rust  Souffle  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

Pear  shape  with  slender  neck  and  short  foot.  Luminous 
glaze  of  deep  iron-rust  brown,  with  a  souffle  surface  of 
minute  metallic  fleckings.  Has  stand. 

Height,  7%  inches. 

a 

-Canary-vellow  Ginger  Jar  K’ang-hsi 

Ovoid  with  short  wide  neck  and  flaring  foot.  Resonant 
porcelain  invested  with  a  delicate  glaze  of  light  canary- 
vellow  of  lustrous  surface.  Teakwood  cover  and  stand. 


Height,  7 y4  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


A? 


Celadon  Crackled  Vase  K’ang-hsi 

Baluster  form  with  short  expanding  neck  and  upright  lip. 
Celadon  glaze  of  soft  gravish-seagreen  tint,  charged  with 
airy  globulites  of  finely-churned  foam,  and  marked  by  a  bold 
crackle  in  deep  cafe-au-lait.  Teakwood  stand. 

Heiglyt,  7%  inches. 

a,' 

292 — Orange-yellow  Bottle  Ch’ien-lung 

f*  Pear  shape  with  slender  neck  and  short  foot.  Rich  and 


brilliant  glaze  of  light  orange-yellow 


crackled  and  showing  a  soft  iridescent  lustre. 


tone,  delicately 
Teakwood 


stand. 


So 


JS 


Height,  7%  inches. 

Izl  /®Y- 

293 —  Dragon  Bowl  K’ang-hsi 

Ovoid  with  low  spreading  foot.  Brilliant  glaze  of  rich  light 
yellow,  interrupted  by  four-clawed  dragons  incised  in  the 
paste  and  glazed  in  light  emerald-green.  Teakwood  table- 
stand.  Diam  eter,  7  V2  inches. 

O.. 

294 —  Decorated  White  Plate  K’ang-hsi 
Thin  translucent  porcelain  of  clear  tone,  in  a  brilliant  white 
glaze,  with  a  fish  border  on  the  rim  in  rouge-de-fer.  Finely 
incised  beneath  the  white  glaze  are  scroll  borders,  and  drag¬ 
ons  encircling  a  Shou  medallion.  Carved  teakwood  easel 
stand. 

295 —  Coral-red  Bowl 
Ovoid  with  lightly  molded  rim  and  bold  foot, 
porcelain  in  a  coral  glaze  rich  in  quality  and  of  soft  lustre, 
relieved  by  a  fine  white  glaze  on  the  top  of  the  rim.  Mark, 
a  seal  within  a  blue  double-ring.  Teakwood  table-stand. 

ameter,  8  inches. 


lr- 


Diameter,  7%  inches. 

a$s. . 

ly’ang-hsi 
Clear  musical 


296 — Claik-de-lune  Bottle-form  Vase  K’ang-hsi 

Oviform  body  with  slender  neck  and  lightly  expanding  lip, 
on  a  bold  foot.  Clair-de-lune  glaze  of  delicate  lilac-gray 
hue,  and  an  underglaze  floral  decoration  lightly  incised. 
Has  stand.  Height,  5%  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


SS- 


297 — Soft  Paste  White  Decorated  Vase  Yung  Cheng 

Slender  oviform  with  flat  foot,  high  and  narrow  shoulder  and 
abbreviated  neck.  Light  porcelain  of  the  so-called  “soft 
paste”  type  and  lightly  rumpled  surface,  with  a  decoration 
of  peony,  bamboo  and  butterfly  in  low  relief,  within  a  rich 
and  brilliant  cream-white  glaze.  (Very  slight,  scarcely 
detectable  restoration  at  foot. )  Teakwood  stand. 


298 — Blanc  de  Chine  Bottle 

St> 


Heif/M,  7% .  inches. 

J. 

A  ang-hsi 


Cylindrical  with  slightly  expanding  and  rounded  shoulder, 
slender  neck  and  cupped  lip.  Coiled  about  the  neck  a  lizard- 
dragon  modeled  in  relief.  Monochrome  glaze  of  pure  and 
brilliant  white.  Has  stand.  Height,  8M  inches. 

Clair-de-lune  Bottle  K' ang-hsi 

Pear  shape  with  lightly  molded  and  expanding  lip  and 
slightly  spreading  foot.  Clair-de-lune  glaze  with  mirror 
properties,  and  a  soft  lavender-blue  tone.  Has  stand. 

Height,  5%  inches. 


299 
/r 


Second  Afternoon 


300- 

7/: 


Clair-de-luxe  Bottle-form  Vase  K’ang-hsi 

Klongated  pear  shape  with  slender  neck  and  lightly  expand¬ 
ing  lip,,  and  bold  foot.  Dense  porcelain  invested  with  a 
brilliant  clair-d e-lune  glaze  of  most  delicate  lilac-gray  tint. 
Has  stand.  Height-  5%  inches. 


301 — C’laiue-de-lune  Vase 


a 

K’ang-hsi 


Baluster  form  with  short  slender  neck.  Clair-d  e-lune  glaze 
of  pale  lavender-blue  tone,  and  underglaze  decoration  of 
floral  spray  and  butterfly  appearing  in  deep  blue.  Has 
Stand.  .*  Height,  5%  inches. 


Green  Beaker  K’ang-hsi 

Slender  form ;  fine  hard  paste  white  porcelain  of  ringing 
note.  Clothed  with  a  rarely  beautiful  and  unusually  bril¬ 
liant  glaze  of  fresh  and  fine  camellia-leaf  green,  too  subtle 
and  diffuse  in  its  remarkable  brilliancy  to  be  a  mirror,  and 
showing  a  mystically  varied  crackle  in  fine  dark  lines.  Teak- 
wood  stand.  Height,  8%  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


103 — Peachbloom  Water  Jar 


K'ang-hsi 


V 


304- 


Semi-globular  with  short  incurvate  neck  and  small  mouth ; 
commonly  colled  writer’s  water  receptacle.  Fine  white  por¬ 
celain  of  K’ang-hsi,  with  a  brilliant  peachbloom  glaze  rich 
in  tonal  quality,  uncommonly  varied  in  its  notes,  and  now 
revealing  and  again  lightly  veiling  the  characteristic  three 
dragon-cloud  medallions  which  are  incised  in  the  paste. 
The  glaze  includes  all  the  notes  of  the  peach  skin  from  soft 
emerald  green  to  gray  and  rich  brown  and  soft  warm  pink, 
with  an  unusually  extensive  display  of  the  green  surface. 
Carved  ivory  stand.  ^  Diameter ,  5  inches. 

-Peachbloom  Coupe  K'ang-hsi 

Circular  and  shallow,  of  ovoidal  contour,  with  large  mouth 
and  low  foot.  Brilliant  peachbloom  glaze  in  delicate  pink 
tones  and  with  a  large  area  of  the  greenish  deckings.  Mark : 
Ta  Ch’ing  K'ang-lisi  nien  chili.  Teakwood  stand. 

Diameter,  4 ys  inches. 


305 — Lang-yao  Ja 


Laxg-yao  Jar  K'ang-hsi 

Globular  with  bold  foot.  Dense  porcelain  of  K’ang-hsi,  with 
a  rich  sang-de-bosuf  glaze  showing  the  deeper  tones  of  the 
condensing  blood,  with  lighter  areas  and  many  small  clot¬ 
tings.  Has  stand  and  cover.  Diameter,  4  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


O - I  EACHBLOOM  WATER  J  AR  A  ang-llSl 

Semi-globular  with  small  mouth  and  short  lip.  Generally 
spoken  of  as  writer’s  water  receptacles  hut  known  also  as 
oil  jars  because  sometimes  anciently  used  as  lamps.  Lumin¬ 
ous  peaclibloom  glaze  with  the  soft  pinks  and  softer  grays 
and  browns  of  the  peach’s  coat,  the  glaze’s  transparency  re¬ 
vealing  in  all  the  perfection  of  their  design  three  dragon- 
and-cloud  medallions  incised  in  the  paste.  (Small  chip  at 
lip.)  Has  six-character  mark  of  the  reign.  Carved  teak- 
wood  stand. 


Diameter,  5  inches. 


307 — Peach  bloom  Semi-globular  Jar  K’ang-hsi 

With  short  incurvate  neck  and  small  mouth  with  delicately 
molded  lip.  Incised  in  the  paste  three  dragon-and-cloud 
medallions,  beneath  a  finely  lustrous  peaclibloom  glaze  of 
soft  peach-pink  and  grayish  ashes-of-roses  notes,  with  occa¬ 
sional  deeper  flushes  of  the  pink  tones  of  the  peach’s  sur¬ 
face.  Lip  in  a  pure  and  brilliant  white.  Fine  heavy  hard 
paste  white  porcelain.  A  perfect  piece.  Mark  in  bright 
underglaze  blue  beneath  the  white  glaze  of  the  foot :  Ta 
Ch’ing  K’ang-hsi  nien  chili  (Made  in  the  reign  of  K’ang-hsi 
of  the  Great  Ch’ing  [the  recently  deposed  Tartar  or 
Manchu]  dynasty).  Teakwood  stand. 


Diameter,  5  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


308— 

J.OJT. 


Peachbloom  Chrysanthemum  Jar  K’ang-hsi 

Ovoid  with  convex  foot.  Dense  and  heavy  hard  paste  white 
porcelain  of  K’ang-hsi,  of  fine  texture,  with  a  deep  base 
border  of  slender  chrysanthemum  petals  modeled  in  light 
relief  in  the  paste,  and  a  brilliant  peachbloom  glaze  of  deli¬ 
cate  pink,  flushing  with  deeper  notes  and  showing  an  area 
of  the  strongly  characteristic  greenish  fleckings.  Mark: 
Ta  Cli’ing  K’ang-hsi  mien  chili.  Carved  teakwood  cover 
and  stand. 


Height,  4%  inches. 


K’ang-lisi 


Globular  with  lightly  modeled  lip  and  foot.  Dense  hard 
paste  white  porcelain,  the  exterior  of  the  jar  encased  in  a 
sang-de-bocuf  glaze  of  characteristic  tones,  the  inte 
glazed  in  rice-white  with  a  bold  craukle.  Ha^nstand. 

Mu.fto 

310 — Lang-yao  Beaker-form  \ase  /K’ang-hsi 

Invested  with  a  characteristic  sang-de-boeuf  gla/te  showing 
the  pinkish-red  notes  of  the  cooling,  the  flecks  of  brown  of 
the  clots,  and  the  deep  red  of  the  fluid  blood.  With  stand. 


Second  Afternoon 


(Po 


31 1 — Apple-green  Jar  K’ang-hsi 

Globular  with  embryonic  neck  and  boldly  molded  lip.  Fine 
heavy  porcelain,  with  a  pure,  soft  and  light  apple-green 
glaze  uniform  in  tone,  boldly  crackled  in  lines  of  soft  brown, 
perfect.,  and  continued  underneath  the  perfect  foot.  Interior 
in  rice-white  with  cafe- a  a -la  it  crackle.  Carved  stand. 


3^ 


312 — Lang-yao  Incense  Burner 


Height,  3y2  inches. 


K’ang-lisi 


Broad  and  low  pear  shape  with  wide  mouth.  Fine  porce¬ 
lain,  the  exterior  invested  with  a  sang-de-hceuf  glaze  in  the 
darker  red  tones  of  the  congealing  blood,  and  the  interior 
of  the  jar  glazed  in  soft  white  with  a  dense  cafe-au-lait 
crackle.  Hsiian  Te  mark  (apocryphal).  Carved  and 
pierced  teakwood  cover  and  stand.  Diameter,  4 y2  inches. 


h 

313 — Lang-yao  Jar  K’ang-hsi 

Oviform  with  truncated  neck  (metal  capped).  Fine  hard 
paste  white  porcelain,  with  a  brilliant  sang-de-bceuf  glaze 
exhibiting  deep  reds  and  watery  pinks  of  the  flowing  and 
cooling  blood.  Carved  teakwood  stand.  Height,  9  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


314 — Apple-green 


Vase  of  Rare  Quality 


K’ang-hsi 


/b 


A  pear-shaped  jar  with  truncate  neck  and  broad  mouth,  and 
fine,  perfect  foot.  Fine  porcelain  of  sound  texture,  enam¬ 
eled  with  a  brilliant  glaze  of  soft  and  light  apple-green, 
marked  by  a  rambling,  eccentric  crackle  in  tones  of  soft 
brown.  Teakwood  stand.  Height/,  CM  inches. 

Cl. 

A  ang-lisi 

ilt  rim.  Heavy  resonant  porcelain, 
with  a  dense  enamel  glaze  of  apple-green  rich  in  tone  and 
boldly  crackled,  with  a  soft  and  delicate  metallic  lustre  and 
a  surface  of  mirror  brilliancy.  Has  cover  and  stand. 


315 — Apple-green  Vase 

Baluster-form  jar  with 


Height,  7 y2  inches. 

K’ang-hsi 

Fine,  heavy  hard-paste  white  porcelain  of  K’ang-hsi,  of 
clear  resonance,  from  the  furnace  of  the  great  director  Lang 
and  enveloped  in  one  of  the  richest  of  the  brilliant  sang-de- 
boeuf  glazes  of  his  directorate,  representing  the  blood  from 
fluidity  to  congelation,  and  ending  in  a  deep  welter  at  the 
perfect  foot.  Ivory  and  teakwood  cover.  Height,  8  inches 


Second  Afternoon 


317 —  Very  Fine  Coral-red  Bottle  Yung  Cheng 

Pear  shape  with  gracefully  slender  neck  and  low  and  lightly 
spreading  foot.  Fine  hard  paste  white  porcelain  of  musical 
tone,  clothed  in  a  delicately  mottled  coral  glaze  of  rich 
quality  and  soft  metallic  lustre,  its  surface  reflections 
appearing  as  those  of  a  mirror  in  a  light,  delicate  mist. 
Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  9 1/2  inches. 

318 —  1’eachhioom  Bottle  K’ang-hsi 
Body  in  conical,  slightly  ovoidal,  expansion  from  a  deli¬ 
cately  modeled  foot,  with  gently  sloping  shoulder  contract¬ 
ing  to  a  slender  neck.  Peachbloom  glaze  of  soft  lustre,  in 
soft  and  warm  peach-pink  throughout  with  a  delicate  gray¬ 
ish  mottling.  Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  6ye  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


319 — Lang-yao  Vase 


K’ang-hsi 

Tall  and  slender,  oviform,  with  high  and  narrow  shoulder 
and  short  incurvate  neck,  and  lightly  spreading  foot  to 
which  the  glaze  flows  and  ends  in  the  control  characteristic 
of  the  Lang  furnace.  The  glaze,  a  very  brilliant  sang-de- 
bceuf,  with  mirror  properties,  its  range  of  color  comprising 
the  glowing  depths  of  the  fluent  blood,  the  hardening,  pink¬ 
ish-reds  of  partial  congelation,  with  deeper  brownish  notes 
of  cooling,  and  thinner  watery  areas,  where  the  crackle  is 
more  clearly  revealed.  (Slight  restoration  at  the  rim.) 
Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  18  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


320 


ANG-YAO  \  ASE 


Tall  baluster  form  with  short  and  wide  incurvate  neck. 
Heavy  sonorous  porcelain,  in  a  rich  enamel  sang-de-boeuf 
glaze  of  mirror  brilliance,  in  the  full  abundant  tones  of  the 
flowing  blood  rapidly  cooling  and  showing  areas  of  dark¬ 
ened,  hardening  surface,  and  much  clotting.  (Slight  repair 
at  foot.)  Teakwood  stand. 


( See  also  Frontispiece) 


Height,  \6'/4  inches 


Second  Afternoon 

_ _ _ 

K’ang-lisi 

Inverted  pear  shape  with  gracefully  spreading  foot,  and 
short  neck  slightly  incurvate,  with  gilt-metal  capped  rim. 
Dense  resonant  porcelain,  with  one  of  the  richest  of  the 
sang-de-bamf  glazes,  showing  the  brilliant  red  of  the  flowing 
blood  and  the  subtly  varying  tones  of  gradual  congelation, 
and  ending  in  the  perfection  of  flow  characteristic  of  the 
Lang  pieces.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  16y2  inches. 


// 

322 — Lang-yao  Jar  K’ang-hsi 

Oviform  with  high  and  narrow  shoulder,  and  teakwood 
cover.  Heavy  hard  paste  white  porcelain,  with  character¬ 
istically  perfect  foot  glazed  underneath  in  white  with  cafe- 
au-lait  crackle,  the  jar  covered  with  a  fine  sang-de-bceuf 
glaze,  crackled  and  of  orange  skin  surface,  in  the  varied 
tones  of  the  cooling  blood  from  thin  to  watery  and  deepen¬ 
ing  in  condensation,  and  plentifully  flecked  with  the  small 
dark  clottings  of  rapid  hardening.  Has  stand. 


Height,  8  inches. 


i 


323 — Turquoise-blue  Vase  //  (/  ChXen-lung 

Globular  with  short  wide  neck  and  spreading  lip  and  foot. 
Incised  and  modeled  in  low  relief  in  the  paste  an  extensive 
and  highly  conventional  decoration,  including  a  broad  floral 
lattice  and  varied  borders.  Brilliant  turquoise-blue  glaze, 
closely  crackled.  Has  stand. 

Height,  8%  inches. 


121 — Celadon  Bottle-form  Vase  K’ang-hsi 

Pear  shape  with  long  full  neck  lightly  expanding  to  a 
lightly  molded  lip;  low  and  finely-shaped  foot.  Fine  hard 
paste  white  porcelain  of  K’ang-hsi,  with  a  highly  conven¬ 
tional  dragon-and-cloud  decoration  incised  in  the  paste, 
and  four  several  borders  similarly  executed,  beneath  a  bril¬ 
liant  glaze  of  pure  and  delicate  soft  grayish  sea-green. 
Hsiian  Te  mark  (apocryphal).  Teakwood  stand. 


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Height,  8%  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


325 — Fuchien 

j  Figure  of  Daruma,  seated  on  his  mat,  riglit  knee  raised  and 

both  hands  concealed  within  his  abundant  robes,  breast 
bared,  and  head  slightly  but  stiffly  inclined,  in  meditation. 
Characteristic,  rich  cream  glaze  of  soft  lustre.  Has  teak- 
wood  stand  carved  as  a  woven  mat. 

Height,  9  inches. 


TATUETTE 


326 — Fuchiex 

Exquisitely  modeled  figure  of  Kuan-vin,  goddess  of  mercy, 
on  a  semicircular*  base  of  openwork  rockery,  with  a  bundle 
of  books  on  a  ledge  at  her  side.  Both  hands  are  in  view, 
the  right  resting  on  her  raised  right  knee,  and  the  bare  right 
foot  projects  from  her  robe.  She  has  a  high  topknot 
through  which  a  bamboo  hairpin  is  thrust,  and  in  place  of 
the  tiara  has  a  fine  burst  of  flowers,  while  a  beaded  necklace 
crosses  her  breast  in  light  relief.  Brilliant  glaze  of  fine  pure 
white,  which  has  suffered  no  injury  whatever. 


Height,  11  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 

'J'l*  ibLdUisvyA- <F . 

327 — Fuchien  Figuke  Group 


K’ang-hsi 


Statuette  of  the  goddess  of  wisdom,  Monju,  seated  on  a 
lion  recumbent,  the  lion’s  head  turned  to  the  left  and  looking 
upward.  The  goddess  sits  sidewise  with  left  knee  raised  and 
hand  resting  on  it,  and  in  her  right  hand  she  holds  a  vase 
in  the  posture  of  pouring.  Brilliant  glaze  of  pure  white. 
Has  stand. 

Height,  7  inches. 


328 

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F uchien  Statuette  Ming 

Kuan-yin,  goddess  of  mercy,  seated  on  an  openwork  rockery 
base.  In  full  robes,  without  cowl,  a  scroll  held  in  her  left 
hand,  w’hich  rests  lightly  on  her  right  wrist,  which  in  turn 
is  supported  on  her  raised  right  knee,  the  bare  right  foot 
projecting  from  the  robes.  Brilliant  glaze  of  cream}'  white. 
Fortunately  preserved  without  the  too  common  chipping  of 
the  delicate  finger  tips  in  these  blanc  de  Chine  statuettes. 

Height,  12%  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


29 — Porcelain  Statuary  Group  K’ang-hsi 

A  Lohan  of  strenuous  expression  partially  reclining  upon  a 
tiger  which  is  lying  down  but  vigorously  alert,  the  Lohan 
grasping  one  of  its  ears.  Tiger  in  naturalistic  coloring,  the 
Lohan  in  polychromatic  robes  decorated  with  Sliou  medal¬ 
lions  and  conventional  clouds.  Teakwood  stand. 

Length,  8  inches. 


c 

ft 

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n 

330 — Fuchiex  Statuette  K’ang-hsi 

Standing  figure  of  Kuan-yin,  in  fine  pai  tz’u,  “the  ‘white 
porcelain’  par  excellence  of  the  Chinese,  the  blanc  de  Chine 
of  the  older  French  writers,”  to  quote  Dr.  Bushell.  The 
goddess  is  crossing  the  waves  on  a  crawfish,  and  carries  a  ju-i 
sceptre  in  her  left  hand.  Characteristic  glaze  of  rich  creamy 
tone  and  soft  brilliancy.  Has  stand. 


Height,  9  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


331 — Fuchien  Statuette  Ming 


Standing  figure  of  the  Buddhist  divinity  Avalokitesvara, 
tlie  Goddess  of  Mercy — Kuan-yin,  “the  divine  hearer  of 
prayers” — on  a  scrolled  rockery  base.  She  is  in  full  and 
flowing  robes,  with  high  headdress,  coronet  and  cowl,  bare¬ 
footed,  a  necklace  in  relief  crossing  her  bare  breast,  her 
hands  crossed  before  her,  and  she  looks  downward  toward 
her  left  with  benignant  expression,  even  the  suggestion  of  a 
benign  smile.  Brilliant  soft  white  glaze.  (Slight  finger 
restoration  of  one  hand.)  Height,  18y4  inches. 


332 — Fuchien  Statuette  Ming 

Standing  figure  of  the  bare-footed  Kuan-yin,  in  robes  and 
cowl,  with  hands  concealed  within  the  folds  of  her  draperies, 
on  a  base  involving  the  lotus  with  waves.  Characteristically 
bulliant  glaze  of  creamy  white.  Height,  13%  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 

ft 


j  . 

333 — Cherry-red  Bottle  /  K’ang-hsi 

/$0.  Spherical  with  graceful  cylindrical  neck  lightly  expanding. 
Fine  and  heavy  hard  paste  white  porcelain,  clothed  in  a 
glaze  of  rich  cherry- red,  with  a  delicate  peau-cV orange  sur¬ 
face.  Teakwood  stand. 

[ eight ,  9  inches. 


Height.  9  inches. 


335— 

j3o. 


334 — Powder-blue  Temple  Jar  K’ang-hsi 

Porcelain  of  musical  tone,  invested  with  a  bleu-fouette  glaze 
rich  in  color  quality.  Has  stand. 

Heifiht,  9%  inches. 

Turquoise-blue  Bottle-shaped  \  ashx  CjCien-lung 

Globular  with  short  and  wide  incurvate  neck,  and  expanding 
and  foliated  lip.  Brilliant  mirror  glaze  of  rich  turquoise- 
blue  minutely  crackled.  Carved  teakwood  stand. 

Height,  10%  inches. 

336 —  White  Decorated  Bottle  K’ang-hsi 

Globular  with  tubular  neck  and  low  foot.  Incised  decoration 
of  conventional  lotus  scroll  in  a  deep  band  around  the  body, 
and  a  deep  border  at  top  of  the  neck,  beneath  a  glaze  of 
brilliant  white.  Has  stand. 

Heigh  t ,  1 0  %  inches. 

a,.  yCjt . 

337-  — Liver-color  Bottle  /  Ch’ien-lung 

Pear  shape  contracting  gracefully  to  a  slender  cylindrical 
neck ;  low  foot.  Invested  with  a  monochrome  glaze  of  rich 
liver  hue  and  orange-skin  surface  of  moistened-mirror  lustre. 
Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  11  inches. 


338 — Cherry-colored  Bottle  Yung  Clung 

Globular-ovoidal  with  full  neck  lightly  expanding.  Fine 
clear  porcelain,  invested  with  a  monochrome  glaze  of  rich 
cherry-red,  crackled,  and  having  a  peau-d’ orange  surface 
of  delicate  mirror  properties.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  12%  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


V 


ur qu oise-blue  Vase  Cld  ievAung 

Globular  bottle  form  with  broad  low  body  on  a  bold  foot, 
and  a  large  and  graceful  neck  lightly  incurvate  and  ending 
in  a  short  and  slightly  expanding  lip.  Brilliant  glaze  of 
rich  and  delicately  mottled  pure  turquoise-blue,  with  mirror 
properties  and  a  minute  fishroe  crackle.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  13  inches. 


341- 

Jto. 


340 — Mustard-yellow  Bottle  Cli’ien-lwng 

Globular  with  full  neck.  Resonant  porcelain  in  a  mono¬ 
chrome  glaze  of  mustard-yellow  with  mirror  surface.  Has 
stand. 

Height,  13%  inches. 

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-Pair  Imperial  Yellow  Jars  Tao  Auani 

Ovoid  with  bold  foot,  and  short  neck  with  molded  lip. 
Luminous  monochrome  glaze  in  light  notes  of  imperial  yel¬ 
low.  Seal  mark  of  the  reign  incised  under  the  glaze.  Have 
teakwood  stands. 

Height,  9%  inches. 

( Illustrated ) 

H  V 


342—1 


Imperial  Yellow  Jar  and  Cover  K’ang-hsi 

From  the  Emperor’s  palace  at  Mukden.  Ovoid  with  short 
wide  neck  and  boldly  spreading  foot ;  hat-shaped  cover  with 
conical  button  finial.  Sonorous  porcelain,  invested  with  a 
mirror  glaze  of  rich  yellow,  the  tone  deepening  on  the  shoul¬ 
der.  (Gold  lacquer  repair  at  rim  of  cover.)  Has  stand. 

Height,  15'%  inches. 

( Illustrated) 

Ik  Ik  A  / 

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343 — Turquoise-blue  Vase  Cldien-lwng 

Ovoid,  with  fine,  graceful  neck,  molded  at  the  root  and  with 
expanding  and  again  contracting  lip,  and  bold  foot.  Lightly 
mottled  glaze  of  rich  and  pure  turquoise-blue,  truitc,  and 
having  a  brilliant  mirror  surface.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  13%  inches. 


j4-*- 


No.  342 — -Imperial  Yellow  Jar  and  Cover  ( K’ang-hsi ) 


Second  Afternoon 


— 


344 — Lapis-ulue  Vase  Cli  ten-lung 

Inverted  pear  shape  with  broad  foot,  the  shoulder  contract¬ 
ing  to  a  full  incurvate  neck  leading  to  a  trumpet  lip.  Mono¬ 
chrome  glaze  of  mirror  brilliance,  in  a  deep  and  rich  tone  of 
lapis-lazuli  blue,  with  a  bleu-de-roi  quality.  Has  stand. 

Height,  12%  inches. 

Temple  Jar  K’ang-lisi 

Dense  sonorous  porcelain,  invested  with  a  glaze  of  soft  and 
deep  powder-blue,  with  subdued  mirror  surface.  Teakwood 
cover  and  stand. 


346 — Peachbloom  Jardiniere  K’ang-hsi 

Ovoid  with  rounded  lip.  Dense  porcelain  of  fine  gong  tone, 
coated  with  a  glaze  of  soft  white  and  circled  at  lip  and  foot 
by  rings  of  sapphire  blue,  the  intervening  body  given  to 
an  underglaze  decoration  of  imperial  dragons  pursuing  the 
whirling  jewel  above  a  tempestuous  sea,  executed  in  peach- 
bloom  tones. 


347 — Rose-du-Barry  A  ase 


Diameter.  15  inches. 


348- 


Yung  Clieng 

Oviform  with  flat  foot,  high  and  steeply  sloping  shoulder, 
and  broad  truncate  neck.  Fine  hard  paste  sonorous  white 
porcelain,  clothed  in  a  rarely  beautiful  glaze  of  rose-du- 
Barry,  varying  in  soft  flushes  and  lighter  phases,  and  re¬ 
vealing  a  sporadic  and  eccentric  crackle  of  broad  spaces. 
One  of  tlie  finest  pieces  in  this  glaze  that  lias  ever  appeared. 
Within  the  neck  and  underneath  the  foot  a  glaze  of  delicate 
pistache-green.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  16  inches. 

Y) <%/-■ 

-Mirror-black  Beaker  ' K’a^jg-hsi 

Firm,  resonant  hard-paste  white  porcelain,  invested  with  a 
rich  and  brilliant  monochrome  glaze  of  mirror-black;  the 
lip  and  foot  a  brilliant  pure  white.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  17%  inches. 


.■349 — Bamboo-pattern  Fish  Jar 


Second  Afternoon 


Ch’ien-lung 


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Low  and  shallow  with  flat  foot,  the  circular  sides  slightly 
expanding  as  they  rise,  and  modeled  on  the  exterior  as 
closely  set  slender  bamboo  trunks — forming,  as  it  were,  a 
bamboo  corral  of  dense  structure.  Heavy  porcelain  of  deep 
sonority.  Bamboo  surface  in  a  very  brilliant  glaze  of  cobalt- 
blue  with  a  delicate  sapphire  quality.  Has  stand. 


350- 

/fo. 


Ibiametjsr,  23/%  inches. 

Celadon  Fish  Jar  Cli’ien-lung 

Low  and  shallow  with  flat  foot,  the  circular  sides  si  iglitly 
expanding.  Sonorous  porcelain  of  dee])  gong  tone.  Ex¬ 
terior  given  to  a  deep  band  of  lotus  scroll  highly  conven¬ 
tionalized  and  in  relief  modeling,  below  a  foliar  scroll  border 
similarly  executed,  coated  with  a  celadon  glaze  of  brilliant, 
fine  and  pure  grayish-seagreen ;  interior  glazed  in  white. 
Has  stand. 


351 — Pale  Green  Jardiniere 

Deep  ovoidal  form  with  plain  foot,  lip  and  sides.  Resonant 
porcelain,  with  a  softly  luminous  monochrome  glaze  of  light 
lettuce-green.  Teakwood  table-stand. 


yDiameter,  24 Relies. 

352 — Light  Green  Jardiniere  g 

/  J  Q  Deep  ovoidal  form  with  plain  sides,  lip  and  foot.  Sonorous 
porcelain  clothed  with  a  brilliant  enamel  glaze  of  light 
pistache-green.  Teakwood  table-stand. 

Diameter,  25 y2  inches. 


353 — Octagonal  Plant  Jar  /  un,  len-lwnff 

Lightly  flaring  rim,  sides  slightly  oviform,  expanding  fldot 
deep  and  pierced.  Rich  and  bright  lime-yellow  enamel  glaze 
carrying  an  incised  floral  diaper,  with  a  foliated  panel  re¬ 
served  in  white  on  each  of  the  sides  and  decorated  in  famille- 
rose  coloi\s  with  landscapes  and  the  flowers  of  the  four 
seasons.  On  carved  teakwood  tall  circular  table. 


Diameter,  15%  inches;  height  of  table,  30%  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


DECORATED  CHINESE  PORCELAINS 

c 'Qs 

35-i — Famille-verte  Pi-t’ung  K’ang-lisi 

Decoration,  graceful  young  ladies  of  the  “Long  Eliza”  type, 
and  a  romping  boy,  in  a  formal  garden,  with  weeping-willows 
drooping  over  rocks  and  shrubs.  Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  5%  inches. 


// 

355 — Famille-verte  Ginger  Jar  K’ang-hsi 

/  3o.  Decorated,  with  nine  figures,  in  two  compositions,  in  one  a 
lady  carrying  a  boy  and  accompanied  by  an  attendant 
appearing  on  clouds  to  a  happy  man  over  whom  a  fan  is  v 
borne,  and  in  the  other  an  exalted  boy  mounted  on  a  kylin, 
preceded  and  followed  by  comrades  as  attendants.  Teak- 
wood  cover  and  stand. 


Height,  6%  inches. 

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356 — White  and  Peachrloom  Bottle  K’ang-hsi 

Pear  shape  with  slender  neck  and  lightly  molded  lip.  Glaze 
of  rich  white  with  cafe-au-lait  crackle,  and  underglaze  dec¬ 
oration  of  three  kvlins.  Has  stand. 


Height,  o%  inches. 

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357 — Celadon  Decorated  Bottle  K’ang-lisi 

i  ,  Double-gourd  shape.  Brilliant  celadon  glaze,  showing  a  / 
sporadic  crackle,  with  underglaze  decoration  of  peaches  and 
pomegranates  in  peachbloom  tones  and  sapphire-blue.  Has 
stand. 


358— 

/So. 


Famille-verte  Ginger  Jar  K’ang-hsi 

Decoration,  boys  of  noble  family  in  a  garden,  observing  the 
pomp  of  august  ceremonies,  with  one  of  their  number  en¬ 
throned  on  a  kylin  and  carrying  a  peach  cluster,  while  others 
precede  and  follow  as  attendants.  The  heralds  carry  ban¬ 
ners  telling  that  the  kylin  has  received  a  gift  from  heaven 
and  that  therefore  all  humanity  will  be  blessed.  Teakwood 
cover  and  stand. 


I 

J 


Height,  7%  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


359 — Pair 


J. 


Yellow  axd  Blue  Plates  Yung  Clung 

Ovoidal  contour,  on  low  foot.  Fine  musical  porcelain,  in¬ 
vested  with  a  brilliant  glaze  of  rich  canarv-yellow,  inter¬ 
rupted  by  extensive  floral  ornamentation  reserved  in  deep 
cobalt  blue.  Marked  with  the  six  characters  of  the  reign. 
Have  stands.  Diameter,  8y2  inches. 


360 — Pair 

Inverted  bell  shape  with  bold  foot,  and  lightly  expanding  and 
foliated  rim,  the  sides  modeled  in  petal  form.  Finely  painted 
with  butterflies  on  the  wing  and  detached  floral  sprays  in 
f amille-rose  enamels  on  a  luminous  ground  of  pistache-green. 
H  ave  stands.  Diameter,  11%  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


361 — Famille-verte  Club-shaped  Vase 


K’ang-hsi 


/$>< 


/ Oo 


Decoration  a  five-clawed  dragon  in  rouge-de-fer  rising  from 
a  tumultuous  emerald  and  white  sea,  in  pursuit  of  the  flaming 
jewel.  Teakwood  stand. 


362- 


ight,  91/,  incites. 

Yv/frh  Clwng 


-Famille-rose  Vase 

Inverted  pear  shape,  recurving  in  a  sliei’t  and  graceful  neck 
with  spreading  lip ;  bold  convex  foot.  Rich  and  brilliant 
fine  white  glaze,  with  the  rock  peony  and  a  peach  tree  in 
blossom,  and  a  flying  butterfly,  enameled  in  the  colors  of  the 
famille-rose.  Teakwood  stand.  Height,  9%  inches. 

363 — Famille-verte  Beaker  K’ang-hsi 


Decorative  motives  from  the  hundred  antiques,  and  two  floral 
scroll  bands,  with  butterflies  on  the  wing,  in  famille-verte 
colors  on  a  ground  of  brilliant  white.  Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  91/,  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


364 —  Famille-verte  Club-shaped  Vase  K’ang-hsi 

o2-Q(j  Decoration,  boldly  drawn  dragons  contending  for  the  flam¬ 
ing  jewel;  three  borders.  ( Slight  glaze  chipping  at  rim.) 
H  as  stand.  Height,  10  inches. 

'/ 

365 —  Famille-verte  Temple  Jar  K'ang-hsi 

On  a  lustrous  ground  of  soft  and  rich  white,  a  lotus  pond 

/  <3  <9  .  in  blossom,  and  aquatic  birds  in  water  and  on  the  wing,  in 
famille-verte  colors.  Teakwood  cover  and  stand. 


s 


Height,  8%  inches. 


/ 


366 — White  and  Peachbloom  Bottle  K’ang-hsi 

Spherical  with  slender  neck  expanding  toward  the  lightly 
molded  lip;  low  foot.  Pure  white  glaze,  with  underglaze  of 
lion,  unicorn  and  kylin  in  peachbloom  colors.  Has  stand. 

Height,  9 *4  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 

367 —  Famille-rose  Gallipot  Yung  Cheng 
D  ense  resonant  porcelain  in  a  brilliant  soft  white  glaze, 
with  enamel  decoration  of  a  tree  in  blossom,  and  swallows, 
in  famille-rose  colors.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  8 %  inches. 

368 —  Three-color  Statuette  with  Original  Stand 


*2-8 D 


K’ang-hsi 

Kuan-vin,  the  merciful,  enthroned,  seated  with  right  knee 
raised  and  holding  in  her  hand  above  it  a  lotus  sceptre  sur¬ 
mounted  by  an  infant  head.  On  hexagonal  galleried  stand. 
Enameled  in  green,  yellow  and  aubergine  on  white.  (Finger 
tips  and  petals  of  stand  somewhat  chipped.) 


Height,  13%  inches. 

369 — Yellow  and  Blue  Bottle-form  Vase  K’ang-hsi 

Large  pear  shape  with  graceful  neck  and  trumpet  lip,  and 
bold  foot.  Brilliant  glaze  of  light  canary-yellow,  inter¬ 
rupted  by  a  highly  conventional  lotus  scroll  reserved  in  rich 
blue,  with  details  in  white.  (Fictitious  Ming  mark.)  Has 
stand.  Height,  13%  inches. 


3  oo 


370 — Pair  Decorated  Jardinieres  Ch’ien-lung 

Ovocylindrical  with  flattened  lip  and  slightly  retreating  foot. 
Porcellanous  pottery  of  deep  sonority,  encased  in  a  brilliant 
white  glaze,  tcith  an  underglaze  decoration  in  rich  cobalt- 
blue  and  delicately  varied  peach  tones,  picturing  the  bush 
bamboo  and  widely-branching  blossoming  plum  trees,  with 
many  sparrows  perched  and  on  the  wing,  altogether  more 
than  a  score  of  birds  appearing.  Fine  carved  teakwood 
table-stands.  Height,  li1/,  inches. 

Celadon  Plant  Jar  Cbiien-lung 

Inverted  bell  shape,  with  bold  foot  and  flaring  rim,  the  bod}' 
molded  in  lobe  or  petal  design  and  the  rim  festooned.  Bril¬ 
liant  celadon  glaze  of  pure  and  light  grayish-seagreen.  Has 
stand.  Diameter,  18  inches. 


371- 


Second  Afternoon 


372- 

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-Decorated  Fish  Bowl 
Shallow,  on  circular  foot,  the  sides  flattened  and  indented 
and  the  flaring  rim  shaped  in  accordance  with  them  to  give 
the  bowl  a  hexafoliate  form.  Dense,  sonorous  white  porce¬ 
lain  glazed  in  a  very  delicate  celadon  tone,  with  the  rim 
edges  in  white,  the  rim  surface  decorated  in  famille-rose 
enamels  with  bats  among  conventional  clouds,  and  the 
exterior  of  the  bowl  with  plum  trees  in  blossom  and  the  bush 
bamboo.  Teakwood  table-stand.  Diameter,  1<5'4  inches. 


373 — Blue  and  White  Soft  Paste  Gallipot 


K’ang-hsi 


374— 


Decoration,  the  phoenix  and  peony  penciled  in  rich  cobalt 
blue  on  a  ground  of  soft  creamy  white  delicately  crackled. 
Has  stand.  Height,  3%  inches. 

C7yd. 

Blue  and  White  Fish  Bowl  Ch'ien-hurg 

Ovoid,  with  molded  rim,  and  an  inch  below  it  a  fine  molding 
reserved  in  white,  between  lei-wen  and  ju-i  borders  in  blue. 
Body  decoration  a  highly  conventional  and  complex  floral 
scroll  in  dark  and  lighter  tones  of  cobalt-blue  on  a  pure 
white  ground;  at  the  foot  a  deep  conventional  petal  border. 
Teakwood  table-stand.  Diam/ter  1 7 y,  inches. 


375 —  Blue  and  White  Jardiniere  Ch’ien-lung 

Ovoid  with  heavily  molded  lip.  Brilliantly  executed  im- 

/  perial  dragons  amid  clouds  above  the  sea,  in  two  tones  of 

rich  blue  on  a  fine  and  brilliant  white  ground.  Mark :  T  a 
Ch'ing  Ch’ien-lung  nien  chili.  Table-stand. 

V  7 1  rO  Diameter ,,  20 14  inches. 

//Ue.Ao.Ie. 

376 —  Blue  and  White  Fish  Bowl  Ch’ien-lung 

Deep  ovoid  form  with  rounded  lip  and  a  light  molding  below 
it.  Resonant  white  porcelain,  with  a  brilliantly  executed 
underulaze  decoration  in  finelv  mottled  cobalt-blue  on  a 

O  * 

rich  white  ground,  its  design  an  expansive  lotus  scroll  in 
striking  conventionalization.  Carved  teakwood  table-stand. 

Diameter.  22'/,  inches. 


V..' 


Second  Afternoon 


377 

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Ch  ten-lung  * 


Table- 


378 

A/o. 


379 


1° 


— Blue  and  White  Jardiniere 

Companion  to  the  preceding,  with  the  same  mark, 
stand. 

Diameter,  20%  inches. 

n  YT  T  '  . 

Blue  and  White  Jardiniere  Ch  ten-lung 

Ovoid  with  boldly  molded  lip.  Imperial  porcelain  of  fine 
sonorous  tone,  vigorously  painted  with  five-clawed  dragons 
amid  conventional  clouds  above  waves  of  the  sea,  in  two 
tones  of  blue  on  a  brilliant  white  ground.  Ju-i  border  below 
the  lip.  Teakwood  table-stand. 

Diameter,  25  inches. 

1 — Blue  and  'White  Jardiniere  Ch’ien-lung 

Ovoid  with  large,  heavy  lip.  Brilliant  white  glaze,  with 
decoration  in  mottled  cobalt  blue,  the  body  encircled  by  a 
deep  and  rich  band  of  conventional  lotus  scroll,  a  ju-i  bor¬ 
der  and  a  conventional  petal  border,  and  the  lightly  demar¬ 
cated  neck  by  a  ring  of  discs  which  are  reserved  in  white 
Teakwood  table-stand. 


on  a  blue  ground. 


Diameter,  26%  inches. 

380 —  Blue  and  White  Jardiniere  Ch’ien-lung 

Ovoidal  with  heavy  everted  lip.  Unusual  decoration  of  four- 
clawed  dragons,  powerfully  executed,  involved  with  a  majes¬ 
tic  peony  scroll,  and  grasping  for  a  regal  blossom  as  though 
it  embraced  within  its  enfolding  abundance  of  petals  the 
coveted  jewel  of  omnipotence.  Ju-i,  petal  and  scroll  borders, 
and  on  the  lip  clusters  of  plum  blossoms  reserved  in  white 
in  a  cobalt  ground.  Teakwood  table-stand. 

«  t  Diameter,  27%  inches. 

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381 —  Blue  and  White  Jardiniere  Cilia  Ching 

Ovoid  with  band  rim.  Sonorous  Ming  porcelain  glazed  in 
a  soft  white  and  painted  in  deep  Mussulman  blue  with  a 
conventional  lotus  scroll  of  slender  stems  and  bold  blossoms. 
Mark  on  the  rim:  Ta  Ming  Chia  Cliing  nien  chill.  Teak¬ 
wood  table-stand. 


J 


J 


Diameter,  30  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


o 


382- 


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-Large  Blue  and  White  Jardiniere  Chia  Clung 

Dt  ■L’])  and  very  slightly  ovoidal,  with  lightly  defined  lip. 
Glazed  in  a  soft  ivory  white,  revealing  a  sporadic  crackle, 
and  decorated  in  Mohammedan  blue  with  fishes  swimming 
amongst  aquatic  grasses  in  a  lotus  pond,  and  with  three 
highly  conventional  borders.  Mark,  the  six  characters  of 
the  reign,  high  on  the  side.  Table-stand. 


ffcifiht,  25V,  inches;  diameter,  30  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


\  / 


TEXTILES  OF  THE  K’ANG-HSI  AND  CH’IEN-LUNG 

PERIODS 

383 — Pair  Silk  Velvet  Table  Mats  K’ang-hsi 

Field  in  conventional  floral  design,  with  a  deep  golden- 
bronze  sheen  ;  border  ground  in  the  delicate,  soft  blue  of  a 
hazy  sky. 

Length,  1 9%  incluis ;  width,  14M  inches. 


L 


384- 

o. 


-Set  of  Three  Silk  Tapestry  Hangings  Ch’ien-lung 
Two  long  panels  and  a  square  one.  Ornamentation,  bats 
and  birds  and  flowers  and  fruits,  in  delicate  colors  on  a  rich 
orange  ground,  with  gold  embroidered  details. 

Length,  61  inches;  •width,  21%  inches;  square  diameter  ( approxi¬ 
mately' ),  33  inches. 


385 — Imperial  Yellow  Silk  Han 


ij-o 


lAT 

Ch’ien-lung 

Chair-back  form,  the  top  foliated.  A  fine  and  soft  silk 
tapestry,  woven  in  delicate  colors  on  its  rich  golden  ground 
with  a  floral  medallion,  flower  sprays  and  scrolls. 

Height,  23%  inches;  length,  25%  inches. 


Jtr- 


no 


386-  Imperial  Hand-woven  Silk  Brocade  Table  Cover 

Ch’ien-lung 

Brilliantly  executed  decoration  in  peony  motive,  interspersed 
with  bats,  in  a  variety  of  soft  colors  on  an  old-gold  ground. 
Defined  as  field  and  border  by  a  band  of  gold  thread,  and  at 
the  center  of  the  field  a  medallion  enclosing  with  other 
designs  groups  of  the  peaches  of  longevity. 

Silk  Velvet  Table  CovEiy/  K’amjg-hsi 

Field  of  light  fawn  with  a  brilliant  silvery  sheen,  and  rich 
peony  ornamentation,  within  a  swastika-fret  border  of  deli¬ 
cate,  silvery  hleu-de-ciel. 


387- 


Length,  3S  inches;  width,  34%  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


JtdT. 


d'd- 

390- 

/leO- 


388 —  Golden  Velvet  Table  Cover  j  y  K’ang-hsi 

Silk  velvet  with  a  brilliant  old-gol<x  sheen,  and  matt  orna¬ 
mental  design  of  imperial  dragons  and  Indian  lotus  scroll. 

Length,  XJ7  inches;  width,  34  inches. 

aide . 

389 —  Silk  Brocade  Table  Cover  -  f  Cli'ien-lung 

Patterned  in  a  finely-drawn  floral  latrcice  design,  finely  exe¬ 
cuted  in  colors  at  once  soft  and  rich,  and  harmonizing  in  a 
quiet  ensemble,  with  a  background  of  deep  blue. 

Length,  46  inches;  width,  32  inches. 

'  U-'Xr-^U. 

-Tibetan  Velvet  Table  Cover  Seventeenth  Century 
Pure  silk  velvet,  termed  in  the  East  “calico  velvet”  because 
of  the  method  of  ornamentation  and  the  patterning,  the  dec¬ 
oration  being  printed  instead  of  woven.  In  this  piece  a  fine 
rose  ground  is  strewn  with  large  and  small  floral  sprays  of 
varied  character,  in  soft  green  tones  with  notes  o  f  light  tan 
and  tawny  touches  and  a  modicum  of  blue. 

Length,  4i9  flinches;  width,  /42  inches. 


391 — Imperial  Yellow  Silk  Embroidered 

SC 


able  Cover 

Cli’’ ten-lung 

Design,  bat  medallions  enclosing  swastika  symbols,  among 
conventional  clouds.  Bounded  corners. 

Length,  46  inches;  width,  44  incline. 


Seventeenth  Century 


392 — Tibetan  Velvet  Table  Cover  »: 'Seventeenth  Century 

Printed  ornamentation  of  large  and  small  flowers,  and 
butterflies  hovering  among  them,  in  soft  greens  and  warm 
rose  tones,  with  reliefs  of  lighter  note,  on  a  soft  and  rich 
apricot-yellow  ground.  In  the  East  called  “calico  velvet” 
from  the  method  of  ornamentation;  the  velvet  is  silk. 


j4o- 


393— 

Jot) 


Length,  49 •/>  inches;  width,  41  y2  inches. 

j  //  f> 

Pair  Silk  Velvet  Hangings  K'ang-hsi 

Soft  and  brilliant  sheen.  Dragons  and  Fu-lions  and  a 
foliated  lotus  medallion  in  the  emerald,  on  a  rich  rose  ground. 

Length,  64  inches;  width,  20%  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


394- 


395- 


Ljt 


-Imperial  Yellow  Silk  Hanging  Ch'ien-mng 

Brilliant  design  of  rockery,  grass  and  flowers,  long-tailed 
birds,  and  a  tree  bearing  nine  of  the  peaches  of  longevity — 
each  conferring  a  life  span  of  three  thousand  years. 

Length,  60  f, inches ;  width,  20  inches. 

-M  an  DAKIN  Summer  Coat  in  Hand-woven  Brocade 

Ch'ien-lung 

Ornamentation  imperial  dragons,  Sliou  medallions  and  other 
devices,  in  dull  gold  within  a  deep  cerulean  ground. 


y 


396 — Lady’s  Tapestry  Coat  "  Cif  ien-lung 

Imperial  yellow  A -o-ssil  tapestry  with  medallions  of  lilies  and 


Iff. 


inches. 


butterflies  in  light  emerald-green  and  white. 


/-v  i/Y  Length,  53  inches. 


397- 


?*■ 


-Lady’s  Tapestry  Coat  Ch’ien-lung 

Light  green  Jed-ssu  tapestry,  with  polychromatic  floral 
medallions  and  other  ornamental  designs,  and  silver  braid. 

inches. 


398- 


Mandarin’s  Silk  Brocade  Coat  / y  Cljjien-lung 

A  fabric  of  rich,  deep  golden-bronze  tone,  gorgeously  orna¬ 
mented  in  gold  and  many  colors  with  four-clawed  dragons, 
the  flaming  jewel,  and  clouds,  above  the  sea. 

y:”€£T 

399 — Mandarin  Coat  in  Hand-woven  Brocade  Ch’ien-tung 
Four-clawed  dragons,  flowers  and  other  designs,  in  dull 

Length,  56  inches. 


gold  within  a  rich  azure  ground. 


400- 


4o. 


T  ,  c  n  TT 

-Lady  s  Summer  Coat  in  Hand-woven  Brocade 

Ch’ien-lung 

Bich  cerulean  ground,  enclosing  peony  medallions  in  a  vari¬ 
ety  of  brilliant  color;  other  floral  ornamentation  on  the 
sleeves,  enriched  with  gold  braid.  Length,  56  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


[01 — Mandarin’s  ^Tapestry  Coat  Cli'ien-lung 

Ko-ssu  tapestry  with  gold,  the  ornamentation  rich,  extensive 
and  elaborate,  displaying  imperial  dragons  and  a  swastika 
lattice  in  gold,  and  flowers,  bats,  Shou  medallions  and  con¬ 
ventional  cloud  scrolls  in  a  variety  of  colors.  For  Imperial 


56  inches. 


Palace  wear. 


102 — Mandarin’s  Tapestry  Coat  Ch'jufi-lung 

Rich  brown-purple  ground,  with  conventional  clouds,  bats 
c/'»  •  and  emblems  in  various  colors  and  imperial  dragons  in  gold. 

For  Imperial  Palace  wear.  Length,  57  inches. 


S/0- 


A  mandarin’s  coat  from  the  Imperial  Palace.  Rich  imperial 
yellow  silk  tapestry  with  gold,  the  ornamental  designs  woven 
in  brilliant  colors  including  sea-waves,  rocks  and  clouds, 
flowers  and  numerous  emblems,  and  the  omnipotent  jewel, 
which  is  pursued  bv  five-clawed  dragons  in  gold.  Skirt 
lined  with  white  fur,  body  and  sleeves  with  baby  lamb. 


Length.  57  inches. 


Second  Afternoon 


-Lady  s  jL  apestry  Loat 

Ch’ien-hmg 
Ko-ssu  tapestry  of  rich  red, 
its  ornamentation  lilies  in 
delicate  green,  white  and 
ecru.  Embroidered  silk 
trimmings. 


dOi- 


So 


405 — Golden  Rose  Silk  Velvet 
Hanging^  K’ang-hsi 
A  wonderfully  rich  fabric  of 
old-rose  silk  velvet,  itself 
having  a  golden  sheen,  with 
a  veritable  (trap  d'or  ground, 
the  ornamentatio  n — 
a  dragon  medallion,  formal 
bat-and-cloud  corners  and  a 
swastika-fret  border  —  ap¬ 
pearing  in  the  cloth-of-gold. 
Length,  jSl  finches;  width,  20  inches. 


406 — Silk  Velvet  .hanging/ 
OO.  K’cfrfg-lisi 

Ruby-red  velvet  with  a  bril¬ 
liant  sheen,  its  ornamenta¬ 
tion  medallions  and  scrolls 
in  the  Indian  lotus  motive 
highly  conventionalized. 

Length,  65  inches;  width,  20 %  inches. 


407 - SlLIi 


k  Embroidered  1  able 


4d 


ABLE 

Cover  Ch’ien-lung 
Flowers  and  fruits,  butter¬ 
flies  and  streamers,  bril¬ 
liantly  embroidered  in  rich 
colors  and  gold  on  a  white 
ground. 

Length,  72  inches;  width,  24%  inches. 


405 


408 

p. 


Second  Afternoon 

Pair  Silk  Velvet  Hangings  K’ang-lisi 

Velvet  ot'  soft  rose  with  a  bewildering  sheen,  its  rich  pile 
framing  dragons,  dogs  Fu,  books  and  a  lotus  medallion  which 
appear  in  cloth-of-gold  ground. 


Length,  67 '4  inches;  width,  20i/,  inches. 

97U*-%[-  7  . Y. 

K’ang-lisi 


/f  '/ 


/* 


K’ang-lisi 

Kamakura  Period 


409 —  Pair  Silk  Velvet  Hangings 
/DO-  Companions  to  the  preceding. 

410 —  Pair  Silk  Velvet  Hangings 
y 00  Companions  to  the  preceding. 

411 —  Japanese  Brocade  Picture 
s/^Kakemono ;  of  silk  brocade.  Exhibiting  thirty-three  repeti- 

y  tions  of  tlie  figure  of  Kwannon,  haloed  and  standing  on  a 

/  lotus,  worked  in  delicate  polychrome  on  an  apricot  ground 

• — in  commemoration  of  the  thirty-three  temples  in  Japan 
devoted  exclusively  to  the  worship  of  Kwannon.  Devotees 
make  pilgrimages  to  the  whole  number  of  these  temples. 

{  Has  box.  Height,  55%  inches;  width,  16%  inches. 

412 —  Chinese  Tapestry  Picture  Cliien-lung 


Kakemono ;  of  kd-ssu  tapestry,  in  delicate  and  rich  colors. 
The  composition  is  a  representatoin  of  the  Taoist  Paradise, 
Sliou  Shan  (Hills  of  Longevity),  with  the  eight  Taoist 
immortals  in  sundry  attitudes  on  broad  rock  ledges,  and 
Shou-lao  among  them,  while  Hsi  Wang  Mu,  “Fairy  Queen 
of  the  West,”  is  seen  attended  in  the  clouds  and  being  borne 
down  toward  the  others  on  a  stork.  Has  box. 


Heigh^fi^inche#;  widths  38  inches. 

413 —  Pair  Silk  Embroidered  Hangings  *"  /  Cliien-lung 
y  2  Household  ornaments,  the  twin  fish  of  happy  augury,  a 

temple  among  clouds,  and  storks,  couriers  of  the  immortals, 
in  colors  and  gold  on  an  azure  ground. 

Length,  66  inches;  width,  19%  inches. 

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414 —  Pair  Silk  Embroidered  Hangings  Ch’ien-lung 

j  Companions  to  the  preceding. 

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415 —  -Imperial  Yellow  Silk  Embroidered  Table  Cover 

Ch’ien-lung 

Rich  embroideries  in  soft  colors  picturing  the  emblematic 
bats  of  happiness  flying  amid  roses  and  I’esplendent  peonies, 
about  a  lattice  defined  in  gold.  Corners  rounded. 

Lgr^h,  p5ys  inche^  width, inches. 

416 —  Tibetan  Velvet  Table  Cover  Seventeenth  Century 
Soft  green  ground  finely  latticed,  seme  with  floral  sprays 
and  the  ju-i  device  in  warm  colors,  rose  tones  predominating. 
The  ornamentation  is  printed  throughout,  and  from  this 
fact  the  fabric  is  called  in  the  East  “calico  velvet,”  although 
it  is  pure  silk  velvet. 

Length,  51  inches;  width.-fcl  inches. 


417 — Pair  Silk  Velvet  Hangings 


Ch’ien-lung 


Peonies  and  butterflies,  bats  and  the  peaches  of  immortality, 
in  rose-pink  velvet  on  a  silken  ground. 


Length,  76  inches;  width,  18%  inches. 


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Imperial  dragons  guarding  a  Sliou  ideograph  and  pursuing 
the  sacred  jewel  among  clouds,  worked  in  a  dull  golden 
tone,  salmon-red  and  a  soft  white,  with  a  rich  cerulean 
ground.  Length,  73  inches  -width,  51  inches. 

Embroidered  Silk  Hanging  Ch’ien-lung 

■SdT  Silk  of  ecru  note  with  a  sheen  of  pale  old-gold,  embroidered 
in  soft  harmonious  colors  with  phoenixes  and  butterflies, 
peonies,  and  sprays  of  other  flowers. 

Length ,  74  inches:  width,  55  inches. 

420 —  Silk  Velvet  and  Cloth-of-cuild  Hanging  K’ang-lisi 

In  a  field  of  rich  soft  red  velvet  with  a  delicate  sheen  five 
dragon  medallions,  cloud  scrolls  and  emblems  glisten  in  clotli- 
of-gold,  while  the  dragon  motive  without  the  medallion  de¬ 
sign  is  continued  in  gold  in  the  border,  where  its  ground  is 
velvet  of  deep  green.  Length,  95  inches.'  width,  68  inches. 

421 —  Silk  Velvet  and  Ci,oth-of-gold  Hanging  K'ang-lisi 

In  a  rectilinear  field  of  eloth-of-gold,  one  hundred  of  the 
four  hundred  forms  in  which  the  Sliou  character  may  be 
written  appear  in  rose-pink  velvet,  and  the  field  is  enclosed 
by  a  broad  border  of  emerald-green  cut  and  uncut  velvet, 
in  which  bats  among  conventional  clouds  are  displayed  uncut 
in  a  cut  ground.  Length,  120  inches:  width,  57  inches 

422 —  Imperial  Silk  Velvet  and  Gold  Hanging  Ch’ien-lung 

Velvet  of  a  soft  golden  yellow,  with  a  rich  and  expansive, 
elaborate  and  resplendent  ornamentation,  glistening  silvery 
gray  and  white  in  woven  silk,  and  enhanced  bv  accents  and 
details  in  gold.  The  field  is  given  to  highly  conventional 
lotus  decoration  in  medallions  and  scrolls,  and  is  bounded  by 
a  border  deriving  from  the  archaic  dragon-scroll,  this  being 
followed  by  a  lotus-scroll  border,  which  is  enclosed  by  a 
border  of  swastika-fret  design,  while  paralleling  the  borders 
are  bands  of  g’old.  Length,  135  inches:  width,  73  inches. 


418 — Imperial  Silk  Brocade  Hanging 

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PAINTING  OF  THE  TWELFTH  CENTURY 


423 — Korean  Painting  T zoelftli  Century 

The  Buddha  standing,  in  preaching  attitude,  and  gazing 
downward.  He  is  in  full  robes,  painted  in  indigo-blue  and 
vermilion,  deep  green,  pale  yellow  and  white.  On  paper. 
Mounted  as  a  panel. 

Height,  50  inches;  width,  19  inches. 


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PAINTINGS  OF  THE  THIRTEENTH  CENTURY 

—Korean  Painting  Thirteenth  Century 

Figure  of  Hattara  Sonja,  one  of  the  sixteen  Lohan,  seated 
beneath  a  pine  tree  with  flowers  at  his  back  and  a  recumbent 
tiger  curling  about  him  as  he  sits  on  the  ground.  He  is 
capped  and  bearded  and  clad  in  full  robes.  In  colors  on 
canvas.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 


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Height,  25 y3  inches;  width,  17  inches. 


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425  — TC oreax'  Painting  Thirteenth  Century 

Ancestral  portrait  of  an  empress  with  two  of  her  women 
attendants,  who  stand  smiling  at  either  side  of  her,  one  of 
them  bearing  a  fan.  The  principal  figure  is  seated,  facing 
the  observer,  with  solemn  expression.  She  wears  a  high  and 
abundant  headdress,  with  a  heavy  dragon  hairpin,  and  the 
hair  of  her  attendants  is  decked  with  flowers.  Elaborate 
costuming  in  green  and  vermilion,  white,  brown,  indigo  and 
gold.  Painted  on  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 

Height,  33 l/i  inches;  xcidth,  24 %  inches. 


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426 — Korean  Painting  Thirteenth  Century 

,  Figure  of  one  of  the  eighteen  Arhats,  seated  on  a  mat  of 
leaves  on  a  rock  at  the  foot  of  a  pine  tree,  and  holding  a 
rosary.  Beside  him  a  boy  seated  on  the  ground.  In  colors 
on  canvas.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 

Height,  42%  inches;  width,  1S'%  inches. 


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427 


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Thirteenth  Century 


Portrait  of  an  emperor  setting  out  for  war  or  the  chase, 
seated,  with  an  officer  standing  at  either  side  of  him,  the 
group  posed  on  the  outer  side  of  a  closed  palace  door.  The 
emperor  carries  slung  at  his  shoulder  his  quiver,  bow  and 
arrows,  the  officers  have  swords.  Painted  in  broad  color, 
cerulean,  vermilion,  pale  green  and  rose,  yellows  and  white, 
on  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 


Height,  49  inches;  width ,  36%  inches. 


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42K — Korean  Painting  Thirteenth  Century 

Figure  of  one  of  the  eighteen  Arhats,  seated  within  a  gnarled 
and  scragglv,  blasted  tree.  His  left  hand  is  held  before  him 
in  speaking  gesture,  and  in  his  right  he  holds  a  fan.  In 
colors  on  canvas.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 


Height,  42%  inches;  width,  1 8 '/,  inches. 


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429 —  Korean  Painting  Thirteenth  Century 
A  composition  of  twelve  closely  grouped  figures,  besides  the 
sacred  cow,  which  is  also  robed,  like  the  others,  representing 
attendants  upon  the  king  of  hell  (who  does  not  appear  in  the 
picture).  Painted  in  colors  and  gold,  on  silk,  with  ver¬ 
milion  and  green  largely  predominating  and  strong  accents 
in  white  and  black.  Mounted  as  a  panel.  A  companion  to 
the  panel  following. 

Height,  5314  inches ;  width,  22  inches. 

430 —  Korean  Painting  Thirteenth  Century 

Companion  to  the  preceding,  with  a  like  number  of  figures 
and  a  horse  replacing  the  cow.  ^ 

Korean  Painting  Thirteenth  Century 

Buddha  and  two  attendants.  The  Buddha  is  seated  on  a 
throne,  a  crystal  ball  held  in  his  left  hand  on  his  lap,  his 
right  hand  posed  before  his  right  shoulder.  The  attendants 
stand  before  his  throne,  each  with  hands  clasped.  Painted 
in  rich  polychrome  and  gold,  on  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 


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Height,  56%  inches :  width,  31%  inches. 

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432- 


-Ivorean  Painting  Thirteenth  Centuni 

A  painting  of  two  four-clawed  dragons  pursuing  the  coveted 
U  '  jewel  among  clouds,  amid  which  the  sun  shines  with  a  fiery 
halo.  Executed  in  rich  polychrome,  of  softened  tones,  on 
silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 

Height,  59  inches;  width,  35%  inches. 


PAINTINGS  OF  THE  SUNG  DY1 


G  DYNASTY. 

Sung 

Kakemono ;  in  colors  on  silk.  Beyond  a  foreground  lotus 
pond  in  a  garden,  two  sages  are  playing  go,  in  the  shade  of 
trees,  and  a  third  sage  standing  and  looking  on  is  convers¬ 
ing  with  an  attendant.  At  lower  left,  owners’  seals.  Has 
box. 


433 — Chinese  Painting 

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Height,  57  inches;  width,  19  inches. 


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434* — Chinese  Painting  Sung 

Portrait  of  the  Emperor  Chao  Lieh  Ti,  painted  in  ink  and 
tint  on  silk ;  a  kakemono  mounted  as  a  panel.  The  emperor 
is  portrayed  at  full  length,  standing,  facing  the  right,  three- 
quarters  front.  He  wears  moustache  and  full  beard,  a  cap 
and  flowing  robes.  He  is  barefoot,  and  carries  his  sandals 
slung  lightly  from  his  wrist  as  he  folds  his  hands  easily 
and  patiently  before  him — the  posture  indicating  as  the 
motif  of  the  painting  the  famous  visit  of  the  famous  emperor 
to  the  not  less  famous  counsellor,  student  and  warrior,  Chu 
Ivo  Li  ang  (in  Japanese,  Komei).  A  particularly  strong 
and  impressive  work  of  pictorial  characterization. 

Chao  Lieh  Ti,  a  lighter  but  not  a  believer  in  one-man  government 
exclusively,  sought  with  persistence  the  services  of  the  wise  and  able 
Chu  Ko  Liang,  and  is  reputed  to  have  traveled  on  foot  in  mid-winter, 
amongst  snow-clad  mountains,  in  search  of  him,  finding  him  in  a  reed 
hut  and  engaged  in  perusing  the  classics.  So  engrossed  was  the  sage, 
in  the  silence  of  his  mountain  fastnesses  poring  over  the  writings  of 
the  great,  that  the  emperor-  stood  for  six  hours  in  silence,  waiting, 
fearful  of  disturbing  him;  to  stand  with  sandals  removed  was  in  olden 
times  an  implication  of  homage  to  a  greater  than  he  who  stood — in 
case  of  a  recognized  inferior  a  requisite  tribute.  Even  so  the  emperor 
had  difficulty  in  inducing  Chu  Ko  Liang  to  accept  preferment. 

Chu  Ko  Liang  is  said  to  have  been  eight  feet  tall.  When  he  had 
become  the  great  imperial  general  and  adviser,  and  had  occasion  to 
proceed  against  Sze  Ma  I  of  Wei,  who  was  elusive  in  accepting  battle, 
he  sent  to  him  finally  the  headdress  of  a  Court  lady,  suggestive  as 
befitting  so  cautious  a  warrior.  He  it  was  also  who  stopped  the  custom 
of  sacrificing  forty-nine  human  beings  to  dispel  fog  over  the  river  Lu 
Shin,  substituting  therefor  clay  figures. 

Chao  Lieh  Ti,  who  was  said  to  have  been  a  distant  relative  of  the 
I  Ian  rulers  and  a  grandson  of  the  Paragon  of  Piety  Kei  Tei,  was  as  a 
child  known  as  Liu  Pei;  he  supported  bis  mother  and  himself  by  making- 
sandals  and  mats.  In  a  peach  orchard  he  took  an  oath  of  brotherhood 
with  Kwan  Yu  and  Chohi,  and  became  commander  of  a  small  force. 
When  an  attempt  was  made  then  to  usurp  the  throne,  the  three  brothers 
in  arms  turned  against  the  usurper,  until  his  fall  in  A.D.  220,  after 
which  Liu  Pei  took  the  title  Chao  Lieh  Ti  as  Emperor  of  China.  So 
began  the  After  Han  dynasty,  the  epoch  of  the  Three  Kingdoms. 

Of  the  many  adventures  of  this  great  warrior,  one  of  classical 
note  in  Chinese  records  occurred  when  he  was  betrothed  to  the  sister 
of  the  ruler  of  Keishu,  who  wished  to  abdicate  in  his  favor.  The  castle 
was  beseiged  during  the  festivities,  and  the  only  means  of  escape  being 
by  way  of  a  steep  battlement  at  the  foot  of  which  ran  the  river  Dankei 
in  a  gorge,  Chao  Lieh  Ti  mounted  his  horse  and  cleared  the  river  by 
a  thirty-foot  jump. 

Height,  65  inches;  width,  38  inches. 


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485 — Chinese  Painting 

Kakemono  ;  in  colors  on  silk. 


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Signed  and  dated,  Wan  Chin- 
ching,  eleventh  month  of  the  second  year  of  Hsuan-ho 
(November,  A.D.  1120).  A  finely  executed  and  well  arranged 
composition  of  horses  and  men.  At  center  a  dignified  gentle¬ 
man  in  red  is  mounted  on  a  dappled  horse,  and  turns  to  look 
at  two  attendants  who  are  on  foot,  while  ahead  of  him  are 
two  horses,  one  black  and  one  light  sorrel,  unfettered. 
Owners’  seals  in  three  of  the  corners.  Has  box. 


Height,  II y2  inches;  length,  26%  inches. 


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Kakemono ;  in  soft  tones  on  silk.  Attributed  to  Huang 
Ch’uan  (A.  D.  94*0-1000).  On  the  right  a  plum  tree  in 
blossom  and  young  bamboo  trees,  extending  their  branches 
leftwards  over  rocks ;  perched  on  the  limbs  and  rocks,  and 
flying,  are  swallows  and  other  birds,  and  in  the  foreground 
are  strutting  peacocks.  Hung  on  occasions  of  weddings 
and  other  festal  ceremonies,  joyous  participation  suggested 
by  representing  the  birds  all  in  pairs  and  among  the  blos¬ 
soms  of  spring.  Has  box. 


Height,  CM %  inches:  length,  67%  inches. 

437 — Chinese  Painting  Sung 

Kakemono ;  in  soft  tones  on  silk.  Attributed  to  Lu  Sung- 
nien  (flourished  circa  A.D.  1190).  On  the  porch  of  a  pavil¬ 
ion  built  under  pine  trees  in  the  mountains  a  philosopher  is 
writing  a  letter,  and  one  of  two  attendants  at  his  side  is 
refilling  his  water  dish.  In  the  foreground  two  boys  are  at 
play.  Has  box. 

Height,  82 %  inches;  width,  43 %  inches. 


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PAINTINGS  OF  THE  YUAN  DYNASTY 


Chinese  Painting 


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Yuan 


Portrait  of  a  priest,  painted  in  colors  on  silk;  a  kakemono 
mounted  as  a  panel.  The  priest  is  seen  at  three-quarters 
length  seated  and  facing  the  spectator,  in  brown  and  crim¬ 
son  robes  looped  by  a  green  jade  ring  over  a  ju-i  clasp,  and 
he  holds  before  him  a  white  flv  whisk. 


Height,  34%  inches  ;  ^w/elth 

439 — Chinese  Painting  Yuan 


Figure  of  Monju,  goddess  of  wisdom,  seated  on  a  recumbent 
lion ;  boldly  drawn  and  finely  executed  in  soft  colors  with 
touches  of  gold.  A  kakemono  mounted  as  a  panel  under 
glass. 


Height,  36%  inches:  width,  20%  inches. 


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440 — Chinese  Paintings:  Birds  and  Flowers  Yuan 


In  the  foreground  on  the  right  two  white  cranes  stand  at 
the  edge  of  a  lotus  pond,  where  the  lotuses  bud  and  unfold 
in  rich  warm  pink  above  their  broad  green  leaves.  Farther 
away  two  birds  with  long  red  bills  are  seen,  one  on  the  Aving, 
and  in  the  background  aloft  tivo  yellow  songsters  perch  on 
the  drooping  steins  of  ivilloAvs.  On  silk.  Mounted  as  a 
panel. 

•  Height,  40  inches;  width,  21  %  inches. 


441 — Chinese  Painting  Yuan 

Kakemono ;  in  ink  on  silk.  On  a  rock  ledge  at  the  foot  of 
an  overhanging  cliff  which  sIioavs  a  scraggly  tree  or  two,  the 
goddess  of  mercy,  Kuan-yin,  is  seen  in  reclining  posture, 
regarding  contemplatively  the  turbulent  current  of  a  hasten¬ 
ing  stream.  Has  box. 

Height,  42%  inches;  width,  17%  inches. 


It 

442 — Chinese  Painting  Yuan 

Kakemono  ;  in  colors  on  silk.  Ancestral  portrait.  In  front 
of  a  table  on  which  stands  a  A'ase  of  Avhite  roses,  a  middle- 
aged  woman  in  a  Mongolian  outdoor  coat  is  portrayed  at 
full-length,  seated  and  facing  the  spectator,  Avith  a  young 
girl  attendant  standing  behind  her  chair.  Has  box. 

Height,  41  inches;  width,  24%  inches. 

Chinese  Painted  Screen  Early  Yuan 

Three-fold ;  formed  of  three  kakemono  mounted  as  panels, 
in  a  screen.  Painted  in  colors  on  silk.  On  each  panel  tivo 
groups  of  figures.  At  the  left,  Kuan-yin,  goddess  of  mere}', 
and  attendants,  and  Kuan  Ti,  state  god  of  Avar,  Avith  attend¬ 
ants  and  Avarriors ;  at  the  right,  Monju,  goddess  of  Avisdom, 
and  attendants,  and  Yemma,  god  of  hell,  attended;  in  the 
center,  tAvo  groups  of  immortal  philosophers. 

Height,  50  inches;  panel  width,  24 %  inches. 


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444 — Chinese  Painting 


Yuan 


Kakemono ;  in  colors  on  silk.  Kuan-vin,  observed  at  full 
length,  standing,  borne  on  a  shell  over  rolling  waves  of  the 
sea,  and  holding  lightly  before  her  breast  a  bowl.  About 
her  a  vague  atmospheric  halo.  Has  box. 


Height,  54  inches;  width.  27  inches. 


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145 — Chinese  Painting  Yuan 

Kakemono ;  in  colors  and  gold  on  silk.  The  Equestrian. 
Figure  of  a  statesman  in  an  embroidered  rose-red  coat  of 
loose  folds,  and  hatless,  mounted  on  a  broivn  charger  mov¬ 
ing  toward  the  left,  the  rider  viewed  three-quarters  front. 
The  horse  brilliantly  caparisoned.  In  the  background  a 
solitary  tree.  Has  box. 

Height,  50  inches;  width,  25 y2  inches. 


446 — Chinese  Painting 


^  v  An  impressive  composition  of  fine  arrangement  and  confi¬ 
dent  execution,  picturing  an  immortal  seated  on  a  rock  under 
a  pine  tree,  extending  with  one  hand  the  peach  of  immor¬ 
tality.  He  is  semi-nude,  wearing  a  leopard-spotted  shoulder 
cape  and  pale-toned  lower  garments.  In  colors  on  silk. 
Mounted  as  a  panel. 

Height,  58  inches;  width,  35  inches. 


447 — Chinese  Painting  Yuan 


Full-length  portrait  of  a  mandarin  seated  in  an  armchair 
and  facing  the  spectator,  with  a  slight  smile.  He  is  in  blue 
trimmed  with  black,  with  a  white  under-coat  showing  at  the  / 
collar.  Over  his  chair  a  drapery  of  red  and  green  brocade 
with  gold  border.  On  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 


Height,  54 \/2  inches;  width,  3 1  V:,  inches. 


Yuan 

Kakemono  ;  in  colors  on  silk.  Still  Life  ;  presenting  a  group¬ 
ing  of  the  magnolia,  Chinese  cherry  and  peonies,  springing 
from  the  foot  of  rocks  and  in  radiant  bloom — a  floral  com¬ 
bination  denoting  happiness  and  wealth— with  a  poem  relat¬ 
ing  this  happy  significance  inscribed  at  the  upper  right,  and 
sealed.  Has  box. 


Height,  68  inches;  width,  36%  inches. 


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449 — Chinese  Painting  Yuan 

A  family  portrait  of  a  nobleman,  painted  in  colors  on  silk; 
a  kakemono  mounted  as  a  panel.  Full-length  figure  of  a 
mandarin  of  middle  age,  with  thin  black  moustache  and  chin 
beard,  seated  and  looking  squarely  at  the  spectator.  He 
wears  a  tall  black  cap  and  full-flowing  robes,  bis  sleeves 
concealing  bis  hands ;  the  toes  of  his  embroidered  slippers 
protrude  from  beneath  his  coat,  on  the  footrest  of  his 
brown  armchair.  His  coat  is  rich  blue,  with  soft  gray  trim¬ 
ming  emphasized  by  green,  and  has  a  brown  lining.  Over 
the  back  and  arms  of  bis  chair  appear  the  folds  of  a  rich 
brocade  drapery,  with  phoenix  and  peony  and  lotus-scroll 
decoration  in  polychrome. 

Height,  54  inches;  width ,  31  %  inches 


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450 — Chinese  Painting  :  Lohan  at  Worship  Yuan 

Portrait  of  a  Lohan,  in  profile  to  the  right,  seated  at  the 
Oo.  e<%e  of  a  bamboo  grove,  reading  the  scriptures  while  he 
burns  incense  on  a  rock  altar  in  front  of  him.  In  colors 
and  gold  on  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 


Height,  57%  inches;  width,  27%  inches. 


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451 — Chinese  Painting 


Yuan 


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Portrait  of  a  priest  seated  in  an  armchair,  his  slippers  lying- 
on  the  foot-rest.  He  faces  the  spectator  with  a  smile,  and 
with  his  left  hand  holds  a  ju-i  sceptre  across  his  right  shoul¬ 
der.  Robed  in  red,  blue,  green  and  brown,  he  sits  in  a  black 
lacquer  chair  penciled  in  gold  and  jeweled.  On  silk. 
Mounted  as  a  panel. 


Height,  55*/%  inches;  width,  32%  inches. 


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Kakemono;  in  color  on  silk.  Attributed  to  Chao  Tzu-chao 
(A.D.  1280-1320).  In  the  foreground,  beneath  branches 
of  a  group  of  graceful  green  trees,  a  sage  and  attendant 
are  standing,  viewing  the  misty  landscape  of  a  mountain 
valley.  Has  box. 


Height,  59%  inches;  width,  42  inches. 


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453 — Chinese  Painting  Yuan 

no-  Kakemono;  in  colors  on  silk.  The  new-grown  fresh  green 
branches  of  a  pollarded  willow  are  bending  in  a  lively  breeze, 
below  them  a  white  crane  is  taking  wing  against  the  wind, 
sailing  above  iris  and  lotus  in  bloom,  while  overhead  are 
sparrows  and  other  small  birds.  Has  box. 


Height,  G3%  inches;  width,  39  inches. 


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Yuan 


Kakemono ;  in  colors  on  silk.  In  the  foreground  two  ducks 
are  about  to  enter  a  lotus  pond,  where  blossoms  appear 
among  enormous  leaves.  At  the  pond’s  edge  the  tree  peony 
is  in  bloom,  alongside  slender  bamboos,  and  aloft  are  seen 
pairs  of  small  birds  perched  or  on  the  wing.  Has  box. 


Height,  7214  inches;  width,  38 y2  inches. 


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455 — Chinese 


Painting 


Yuan 


Kakemono;  in  colors  on  silk.  Pheasants,  white  and  vari¬ 
colored,  regard  one  another,  one  from  a  rock,  another  from 
the  ground  below,  their  colors  vying  with  the  bright  blos¬ 
soms  of  the  rock  peony,  growing  beside  a  blooming  magnolia 
tree  on  whose  branches  small  songbirds  have  perched.  Has 
box. 


Height,  72  inches;  width,  38%  inches. 


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456 — Chinese  Painting  Yutyh- 

7^  Kakemono;  in  deep  colors  on  silk.  A  pictorial  message  of 
happiness  and  long  life,  power  and  marital  felicity,  expressed 
through  birds  in  pairs — the  stork  of  long  life,  the  phoenix 
king  of  all  feathered  creation,  the  crested  duck  (known  to 
Europeans  but  not  to  the  Chinese  as  “mandarin”  duck),  the 
small  duck  of  brilliant  plumage  seen  only  and  always  in  com¬ 
pany  with  its  mate — gathered  about  a  polonia  tree  beside  a 
stream.  Has  box. 

Height.  77  inches;  width,  45  inches. 


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PAINTINGS  OF  THE  FIFTEENTH  CENTURY 

457 — Tibetan  Painting  Fifteenth  Century 

Kuan-yin  enthroned,  and  holding  a  lotus  in  either  hand,  seen 
against  a  background  of  peonies ;  in  front  of  her,  in  the 
foreground,  one  of  the  many-armed  deities  of  the  pantheon 
within  a  halo  of  flames,  and  on  high  images  of  three  other 
Buddhist  deities.  In  rich  colors  and  gold,  on  canvas. 
Mounted  as  a  panel. 

Height,  24%  inches;  width,  17  inches. 

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458 — Tibetan  Painting  Fifteenth  Century 

Lamaistic  temple  painting,  picturing  a  Lohan  seated  on  a 
mat,  holding  a  volume  of  scriptures ;  he  faces  front,  glancing 
toward  his  left.  Around  him  are  numerous  attendants,  in 
a  garden  of  flowers  where  ducks  are  swimming  in  a  pond. 
In  the  background  the  Buddhist  Triad,  flanked  by  angels 
among  clouds.  In  gold  and  colors,  on  canvas.  Mounted  as 
a  panel.  A  companion  to  the  following  panel. 


Height,  36%  inches;  width,  25%  inches. 


459— Tibetan  Painting  Fifteenth  Century 

A  pendant  to  the  preceding,  also  in  colors  and  gold  on  can¬ 
vas,  and  of  the  same  dimensions.  Another  of  the  Lohan  is 
represented,  seated  and  facing  the  left,  three-quarters  front, 
holding  a  symbol  in  each  hand,  and  with  various  figures 
about  him. 


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-Tibetan  Painting  Fifteenth  Century 

Kuan-yin  seated  on  a  lotus  throne,  right  hand  on  knee  and 
the  left  raised  in  beneficent  gesture.  In  foreground  and 
background  images  of  eight  Buddhist  figures,  all,  like  that 
of  Kuan-yin,  haloed.  Painted  in  gold  and  colors  on  canvas. 
Mounted  as  a  panel. 

Height,  30  inches;  h .  20%, inches. 


Korean  Painting  Fifteenth  Century 

A  composition  of  eleven  figures,  including  two  deities,  two 
guardians  and  seven  Lohan,  in  devotional  attitudes,  greeting 
the  descent  of  Buddha  (unseen)  from  heaven.  In  broad  col¬ 
ors,  with  a  light  touch  of  gold ;  on  canvas.  Mounted  as  a 
panel. 

Height.  28i/,  inches:  length.  33 '4  inches. 


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402 — Korean  Painting  Fifteenth  Century 

Figure  of  an  ascending  imperial  dragon,  in  a  dull  greenisli- 
blue,  amid  crimson  and  white  peonies,  and  between  borders 
of  peony  scroll.  On  paper.  Mounted  as  a  panel.  A  com¬ 
panion  to  the  succeeding  panel. 


Height,  15  inches;  width,  14 Vi  inches. 


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403 — Korean  Painting 


Fifteenth  Century 
A  pendant  to  the  preceding  panel,  with  the  dragon  in  red. 
On  paper.  Same  dimensions. 


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464 — Korean  Painting  :  Still  Life  Fifteenth/jCeMury 

The  tree  peony  in  resplendent  bloom  beyond  a  rock  fore¬ 
ground.  In  colors  on  paper,  a  rich  orange-red  and  soft 
green  and  white  predominating.  Mounted  as  a  panel.  Com¬ 
panion  to  the  succeeding  panel. 

Height,  50%  inches;  width,  18V4  inches. 


405 — Korean  Painting:  Still  Life  Fifteenth  Century 

A  pendant  to  the  preceding. 

Height,  51  inches;  width,  19  inches. 


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PAINTING  OF  THE  RI  DYNASTY  , 

Korean  Painting  Ri  Dynasty 

A  fifteenth  century  portrait  of  the  monk  Enkaku-Kokushi, 
his  identity  declared  in  the  inscription  in  the  upper  left 
corner.  He  is  seated  in  a  tall-backed  armchair  over  which 
is  thrown  a  drapery  of  conventional  cloud  design  in  green 
and  black  bordered  by  vermilion,  and  he  faces  slightly  to 
the  left.  His  robes  are  in  green,  vermilion,  white  and  gray, 
and  he  holds  a  sceptre.  On  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 


Height,  45  inches;  width,  34  inches. 


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PAINTINGS  OF  THE  MING  DYNASTY 


467 — Chinese  Painting 


Kakemono ;  in  ink  and  color  on  silk, 
bird,  perched  on  the  tip  of  a  branch 
Has  box. 


Ming 

Painting  of  a  single 
and  facing  the  right. 


Height,  !)  inches;  length,  10 1/4  inches. 


4(58 — Chinese  Paint  in  b  Ming 

Figures  of  two  stallions,  a  white  one  and  a  mottled  one, 
both  headed  to  the  left  and  each  in  charge  of  an  attendant. 
In  colors  on  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 


Height,  12  inches:  length,  18  inches. 


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GO-^^hinese  Painting  Ming 

Kakemono;  in  colors  on  silk.  A  traveler  on  horseback, 
looking-  back  over  his  shoulder  and  away  from  the  specta.jr 
at  something  that  has  engaged  his  attention,  is  followed  by 
two  attendants  on  foot,  carrying  burdens 
an  owner’s  seal.  Has  box. 


At  lower  right 


470 — Chinese  Painting 

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Height,  14%  inches;  length,  24%  inches. 


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cat  gazing  at  them  over  a  mound. 


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Kakemono;  in  colors  on  silk.  Cats  and  Flowers.  In /the 
foreground  a  tortoise-shell  kitten  and  a  black  and  white 
one  are  sitting  on  the  ground,  in  front  of  rose  bushes  blos¬ 
soming  in  pink  and  white,  and  in  the  background  is  a  third 

Has  box. 

Height,  25  inches;  width,  20  inches. 

471 — C hTnes y.  x g  Ming 

Portrait  of  the  Ancestors.  Double  portrait  of  a  mandarin 
and  his  wife,  seated  in  armchairs  side  by  side  and  squarely 
facing  the  observer.  Both  are  in  blue  coats  with  fur  lining, 
the  man  wearing  a  necklace.  Details  touched  in  in  gold. 
On  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 

Height,  28% 


472 —  Chinese  Painting  '  '  *”  ~Mffifg 

igious  symbolic  portrait  of  a  thoughtful  male  figure  in 
loose  robes,  carrying  a  basket  some  part  of  whose  con¬ 
tents  he  holds  in  his  clasped  hands,  while  to  two  boys  at 
his  feet  some  more  of  the  objects  have  been  given.  In  colors 
on  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 

Height,  34%  inches;  width,  16  inches. 

473 —  Chinese  Painting  Ming 
Kakemono  ;  in  colors  on  silk.  Still  Life.  In  a  group,  on 
and  about  a  small  cabinet  table,  are  found  an  incense  burner 
and  small  vases,  a  large  vase  containing  plum  blossoms  and 
camellias,  a  doll,  a  dish  of  the  Buddha’s-hand  citron  ( citrus 
decumana) ,  a  bunch  of  fire-crackers,  and  some  persimmons. 


on  silk.  Mounted  : 


At  lower  left  and  right,  owners’  seals.  Has  box. 


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inches ;  •midtlcl  28%  inches. 


Height,  35%  inches;  width,  20%  inches. 


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Chinese  Painting  Ming 

Ancestral  portrait  of  a  coroneted  lady  in  blue,  brown,  white 
and  gold,  observed  against  a  green  brocade  overhanging  the 
armchair  in  which  she  sits  facing  the  spectator.  On  silk. 
Mounted  as  a  panel. 


Height,  2!) inches;  width,  1 9  '/2  inches. 


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A I N  TING 


Ming 


“One  hundred  generations  of  happiness”  says  the  large 
inscription  at  the  upper  right,  and  the  idea  is  pictorialized 
in  the  figure  of  a  graceful  lady  holding  at  her  shoulder  an 
infant  son,  who  holds  a  ju-i  sceptre  signifying  “May  it  be 
as  you  wish.”  Before  them  stands  a  small  boy  attracting 
the  infant’s  attention.  In  colors  on  silk.  Mounted  as  a 
panel. 


Height,  3(i y2  inches:  width.  1 1 1  o  inches. 


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476 — Chinese  Painti xg 


Kakemono ;  in  ink  and  colors  on  silk.  Figure  of  a  falcon  in 
profile  to  the  left,  tethered  to  its  ornate  perch.  Two  owners’ 
seals  at  upper  right.  Has  box. 


Height,  39% 


inches  21% 


inches. 


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-Chinese  Painting 


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A  group  of  three  Fu-lions,  a  large  one  painted  in  blue  and 
gold,  and  two  small  ones  in  brown,  the  noses  and  feet  of  all 
touched  in  in  dark  red  and  white.  On  silk.  Mounted  as  a 
panel. 

Height,  40%  inches;  width,  28%  inches. 


478 — Chinese  Painting  Ming 

Standing  figure  of  Kuan-vin,  with  hands  clasped  devoutly 
before  her  breast,  facing  the  right,  where  in  the  foreground 
a  candle  is  alight  on  an  altar,  a  guardian  standing  at  the 
left  beside  it.  Painted  in  soft  polychrome  on  silk.  Mounted 
as  a  panel.  A  companion  to  the  succeeding  panel. 


Height,  43%  inches;  width,  16  inches. 


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479 — Chinese  Painting  Ming 

Standing  figure  of  Kuan-yin,  facing  the  left,  three-quarters 
front,  and  holding  a  vase  of  millet.  Before  her  a  guardian 
stands  with  clasped  hands,  beside  an  altar  in  the  left  fore¬ 
ground ;  a  candle  is  burning  on  the  altar.  Mounted  as  a 
panel.  A  pendant  to  the  preceding  and  in  similar  coloring. 


Height.  43%  inches;  width,  15%  inches. 


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480 — Chinese  Painting  Ming 

Kakemono ;  in  colors  on  silk.  A  Lohan  is  seated  beneath  a 
tree  of  the  ornamental  banana,  on  a  garden  terrace,  regard¬ 
ing  with  bland  complacency  a  Fu-lion  about  to  spring  upon 
one  of  its  kind.  At  left  in  front  of  him  stands  a  guardian 
attendant,  holding  a  peacock-feather  fan.  Has  box. 


Height,  43 %  inches;  width,  21  inches. 


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481 — Chinese  Painting  Ming 

Kakemono;  in  ink  and  colors  on  silk.  Attributed  to  Lii-clii. 

00  *  In  the  foreground  a  pair  of  the  so-called  “mandarin”  ducks, 
swimming  in  a  broad  stream,  under  the  new  spring  shoots  of 
weeping  willows.  Perched  on  the  tree  overhead,  a  pair  of 
the  black  “talking  birds”  ( cu-cnan ;  Japanese,  ha-ha )  — 
birds  trained  to  talk  the  human  speecli  (they  are  even  said 
to  use  the  telephone).  Has  box. 

Height,  4(5%  inches:  width.  22%  inches 


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Kakemono ;  in  ink  and  tint  on  paper.  Signed,  Ch’i  Feng 
with  seal ;  an  unidentified  artist,  believed  to  be  of  the  Ming 
period.  Finely  drawn  portrait  of  a  Lohan,  seated,  beside  a 
lamp,  engaged  in  pleasantly  relieving  an  itching  ear.  Has 
box. 


Height,  47  inches;  width,  23  inches. 


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483 — Chinese  Painting 


Ming 


Kakemono ;  in  colors  on  silk.  Standing  on  one  foot  in  the 
shallows  of  a  lotus  pond,  head  bent  toward  the  water,  a 
heron  is  seen  in  side  view  facing  the  left,  close  in  the  fore¬ 
ground,  and  just  beyond  it  is  a  lotus  cluster  with  a  single 
pink  flower.  Has  box. 

Height,  4-71/,  inches;  width,  20  inches. 


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484 — Chinese  Painting  Ming 

Kakemono  ;  in  colors  and  gold  on  silk.  Image  of  the  Buddha 
in  red,  green  and  gold,  seated  in  preaching  attitude  on  a 
lotus  resting  upon  a  rock,  with  cloud  background.  Has 
box. 

Height,  -17%  inches;  width,  25 %  inches. 


485 — Chinese  Painting  Ming 

Q  s'  Outside  the  high  walls  of  a  nobleman’s  garden,  along  a 
Q  '  paved  road  leading  from  his  gate,  many  people  are  gathered 
with  many  horses,  and  more  are  approaching.  They  are  in 
gay  colors  and  are  variousty  occupied,  as  they  await  the 
lord,  looking  toward  the  gate  where  warriors  in  ancient  cos¬ 
tumes  are  lined  up  in  array.  A  makimono  on  silk,  mounted 
as  a  panel. 

Height,  11%  inches;  length,  49%  inches. 


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Chinese  Painting  Ming 

In  colors  on  silk,  and  mounted  as  a  transparency  between 
two  plates  of  glass.  Subject,  an  infant  learning  to  walk  by 
aid  of  a  wheeled  rack,  in  care  of  an  older  boy  with  breast 
bespread  with  jewels,  who  leans  over  him.  At  top  center 
the  imperial  household  seal  of  Ch’ien-lung;  at  lower  left 
and  right  smaller  owners’  seals. 


Height,  18 ’/2  inches;  width,  21%  inches. 


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487 — Chinese  Painting 

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Ming 

Kakemono ;  in  colors  on  silk.  A  figure  composition  pictur¬ 
ing  the  five  gods  of  philosophy,  standing,  and  each  holding 
a  sceptre,  with  two  lady  attendants  back  of  the  group,  and 
further  in  rear  the  figures  of  two  judges.  Has  box. 

Height,  57  inches:  width,  31  inches. 

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488 — Chinese  Painting  Ming 

Kakemono ;  in  softly  brilliant  colors  on  silk.  Bending 
across  the  picture  a  sturdy  branch  of  a  polonia  tree,  with 
ramifications  piercing  low-hanging  clouds  or  fog  vapor,  and 
on  the  limb  two  phoenixes,  one  crouching,  its  mate  standing 
Has  box. 


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erect  on  one  leg. 


Height,  56%  inches;  width,  38%  inches. 


489 —  Chinese  Painting  Ming 
Kakemono ;  in  colors  on  silk.  Portrait  of  a  priest,  at  full- 
length,  seated  and  facing  the  observer.  He  is  capless,  with 
closely-shaven  head,  heavy  moustache  and  thin  chin  beard, 
and  his  robes  are  vermilion  and  black,  gray  and  pale 
purplish-rose,  with  tinges  of  bluish-green.  In  his  left  hand 
a  ju-i  sceptre.  Has  box.  Height,  58  incites;  wji 

490 —  Chinese  Painting  Ming 
A  ^  Full-length  portrait  of  a  mandarin,  a  man  of  distinguished 
j  ^  •  bearing,  seated  in  an  armchair  and  facing  the  spectator 

directly.  He  is  in  blue  robes  richly  embroidered  with  drag¬ 
ons  in  gold,  and  over  his  chair  hangs  a  tiger  skin.  On  silk. 
Mounted  as  a  panel.  Height,  59%  inches ;  width,  35%  inches. 


191 — Chines'^  Tainting  Ming 

An  early  Ming,  fifteenth  century  work,  in  polychrome  on 
silk;  mounted  as  a  panel.  Subject,  the  Buddha  enthroned, 
seated  in  preaching  attitude  on  a  lotus  which  rests  on  an 
elaborate  pedestal.  Inscription  at  upper  right  indicating 
the  painting  as  one  of  a  series  representing  the  gods  of  the 
universe.  Height,  60  inches;  width,  31  inches. 


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Ming 

Portrait  of  a  noble  lady  in  deep  blue,  with  a  small  fur  collar, 
a  silken  scarf  protruding  from  her  coat.  She  is  seated  and 
appears  at  full  length,  facing  the  observer,  her  deep  blue 
apparel  relieved  against  a  richly  colored  brocade  in  lotus 
design,  which  hangs  over  the  arms  and  back  of  her  chair. 
On  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 


4*93 — Chinese  Painting 


Height,  60%  inches;  width,  37%  inches. 

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Kakemono ;  in  ink  and  tint,  with  touches  of  white,  on  silk. 
Attributed  to  Lin  Liang  (flourished  circa  A.D.  1460). 
Slender  bamboo  trees  lean  from  the  left,  and  pendent 
branches  arch  above  a  pair  of  peacocks  standing  on  a  rock 
shelf  in  the  foreground,  beside  a  winding  and  rapidly  run¬ 
ning  brook.  In  misty  distance  other  bamboo  trees  recede 
along  the  farther  bank  of  the  stream.  Has  box. 


Height,  61  y2  inchest;  width ,  26  inches. 

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494 — Chinese  Painting  /  Ming 

Kakemono;  in  colors  on  silk.  Two  pheasants  interested  in 


495 — Chinese  Painting 


each  other,  one  on  the  ground  and  the  other  on  a  rock  above, 
appear  amid  poppies  and  peonies,  which  bloom  at  the  foot 
of  bamboo  and  blossoming  peach  trees.  Owners’  seals  at 
upper  and  lower  left  and  right.  Has  box. 

Height,  62%  inches;  width,  29%  inches. 

Ming 

Kakemono ;  in  soft  colors  on  silk.  Signed,  Tai  Wen-chin 
(flourished  A.D.  1420-1440).  The  Game.  A  landscape  and 
figure  composition,  presenting  pine  trees  sheltering  a  pavil¬ 
ion  in  a  misty  valley  among  the  mountains,  and  on  a  terrace 
in  the  foreground  two  sages  engaged  at  the  absorbing  war 
game  wei-ch’i  (the  Japanese  go).  Beyond  their  table  an 
attendant  stands  silently  waiting,  and  in  the  nearer  fore¬ 
ground  two  other  attendants  stand  gossiping  beside  the 
sages’  cart.  H  as  box. 


Height,  63  inches:  width,  33 %  inches. 


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496 — Chinese  Painting  Ming 

Kakemono ;  in  colors  on  silk.  Portrait  of  the  priest  Pei- 
feng,  of  Chang-an  (ancient  name  of  the  T’ang  capital,  now 
Hsi-an-fu).  The  priest  is  seated  in  an  elaborately  decorated 
armchair  and  faces  the  spectator  squarely ;  he  is  in  full  robes 
with  dragon  ornamentation,  and  wears  a  cap.  At  his  side 
and  leaning  against  an  inlaid  table,  a  sceptre  with  an 
inscription  telling  that  it  was  presented  by  the  emperor  to 
Pei-feng,  in  recognition  of  his  abilities  as  a  preacher  and  his 
services  for  the  betterment  of  men  and  their  conversion  to 
Buddhism.  Has  box. 


Height,  64  inches;  width,  42 y3  inches. 


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497 — Chinese  Painting  Ming 

Full-length  portrait  of  a  nobleman  of  middle  age,  seated  and 
looking  intently  at  the  observer.  He  is  in  a  full  robe  of 
deep  black,  with  white  collar  and  white  sleeve  lining,  and 
wears  a  formal  tall  black  hat,  and  in  his  left  hand  he  holds 
an  ivory  sceptre  which  reaches  to  his  shoulder.  Above  his 
jeweled  girdle  appears  a  breastplate  of  azure  brocade,  with 
a  white  stork  flying  among  golden  clouds  toward  a  crimson 
sun.  Over  the  arms  of  his  chair  a  brocade  drapery  in  poly¬ 
chrome  and  gold,  and  over  the  chair-back  the  wings  of  a 
fur  mantle.  A  portrait  of  impressive  dignity  and  powerful 
characterization.  On  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 


Height,  73%  inches;  -width,  40%  inches. 


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498 — Chinese  Painting  Ming 

Portrait  of  a  venerable  nobleman,  in  the  formal  robes  and 
high  hat  of  an  officer  of  the  Government,  in  dark  colors 
relieved  by  white  at  cuffs  and  collar.  He  is  seen  at  full 
length,  seated  and  facing  the  spectator,  right  hand  on  knee, 
left  at  his  jeweled  belt,  against  the  background  of  a  rare 
and  brilliant  brocade  in  polychrome  and  gold  which  is 
draped  over  his  chair.  On  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 


Height,  G7%  inch i 

6. 

499 — Chinese  Painting 

Kakemono  ;  in  colors  on  silk.  Signed,  Cl 
inscription  says  that  the  artist  painted  the  picture  after  a 
Sung  master  who  was  famous  for  his  paintings  of  the  lotus 
on  silk.  The  composition  displays  a  luxuriant  growth  of 
lotus  plants,  in  blossom,  with  herons  in  various  postures 
standing  in  the  shallow  water  in  front  of  them.  Has  box. 


-lun.  A  long 


inches;  width,  48%  inches. 


Mo 


500 — Chinese  Painting  /  /jimgr 

Kakemono ;  in  colors  on  silk.  Flowers  and  Birds.  A  mag¬ 
nolia  tree  rising  above  the  picture’s  limits  spreads  its  white 
blossoms  aloft,  and  below  them  peonies  bloom  in  white  and 
crimson,  about  a  rock  on  which  a  brilliant  cock  pheasant 
receives  the  homage  of  its  mate.  Has  box. 


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Height,  79  inches;  width,  3 61/,  inches. 


501 — Chinese  Painting  Ming 

Kakemono  ;  in  colors  on  silk.  Flowers  and  Birds ;  a  compo¬ 
sition  of  rich  blooms.  The  tree  peony  blossoming  in  white 
and  red  nods  over  poppies  and  wild  lilies,  while  above  it  are 
branches  of  the  Chinese  cherry  and  magnolia  trees,  blossom 
laden,  and  perching  there  a  pair  of  the  brilliant  “long¬ 
tailed  birds”  of  China.  Has  box. 


Height,  83 14  inches;  width,  8G y2  inches. 


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503 — Chinese  Painting  '  K’ang-hsi 

Half-length  portrait  of  a  young  lady  of  the  nobility,  facing 
jQ  0  •  front  and  turned  slightly  toward  the  left,  holding  in  one 
hand  a  seal  in  a  square  box.  She  is  in  rose  and  white,  with 
trimmings  in  soft  tints.  At  upper  right  a  poem  with  signa¬ 
ture  and  seal,  and  at  lower  right  and  left  two  owners’  seals. 
On  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 

Height,  19*4  inches;  width,  11%  inches. 


PAINTINGS  OF  THE  K’ANG-HSI  PERIOD,  j 

(jC)  >  f‘/ w-1-  *- 

502 — Alhum  of  Chinese  Paintings  K’ang-hsi 

Comprised  of  eight  paintings  in  color  on  sycamore  leaves, 
each  faced  by  another  leaf  left  blank,  for  protection.  The 
paintings  represent  respectively  Kuan-yin  and  seven  of  the 
sixteen  Lohan,  the  goddess  and  six  of  the  Lohan  appearing 
in  landscapes,  and  one  Lohan  on  the  sea. 

Leaf  dimensions  ( approximately ),  8%  by  5%  incl*>s. 


50T 


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Chinese  Painting  K’ang-hsi 

Three-quarters-length  portrait  of  a  young  lady  of  demurely 
thoughtful  expression,  in  a  gown  of  pale  old-rose,  holding  a 
writing  brush.  At  upper  right  a  poem  bearing  upon  the 
earnestness  with  which  fine  caligraphy  must  be  pursued.  At 

On  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 


lower  right  an  owner’s  seal. 


Height,  19%  iij 


inches. 


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-Chinese  Painting  t/  KMmg-hsi 

A  poetical  composition  in  colors  on  silk,  picturing  a  pea¬ 
cock  with  tail  erect,  amid  effulgent  peonies.  At  left  an 
enthusiastic  poem  reciting  that  the  peonies  have  the  beauty 
of  the  face  of  a  small  boy  and  grow  ever  more  beautiful,  till 
the  very  birds  stop  and  have  speech  with  them.  Mounted  as 
a  transparency,  between  two  plates  of  glass. 

Height,  49  inches;  width,  21%  inches. 


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50(5^Chixese  Painting  •  &  an  aft  n  si 

Kakemono ;  in  colors  on  silk.  Signed,  Yen  Shi-pini  Be¬ 
neath  the  overhanging  branches  of  a  willow  tree,  in  which 
three  small  birds  are  perched,  a  single  white  heron  stands 
amid  a  cluster  of  blooming  flowers.  At  lower  left  an  owner’s 
seal.  Has  box.  Height,  52%  inches;  width,  23%  inches. 


PAINTINGS  OF  THE  CH’IEN-LUNG  PERIOD 


On  leather,  in  form  of  a  large  wall  hanging.  The  subject 
some  unidentified  seaport,  with  more  than  a  score  of  junks 
and  sampans  in  the  harbor,  which  encloses  some  islands,  and 
on  the  mainland  several  castles,  besides  other  buildings  and 
enclosures,  and  numerous  figures.  Painted  in  brilliant  poly¬ 
chrome,  with  a  liberal  use  of  red,  bright  3'ellow,  white  and 
green.  A  formal  frame  is  also  painted  on  the  leather,  in 
fret  and  cursive  scroll  design. 

Height.  82  inches;  length,  107  inches. 


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)8 — Chinese  Painting  ’  Ch’ien-lung 

Beneath  an  overspreading  pine  tree  the  corner  of  a  pavilion 
comes  into  view,  on  a  garden  terrace,  a  maid  is  raising  the 
blinds  and  her  mistress  is  looking  out,  enjoying  the  peonies 
and  peach  blossoms  of  the  brilliant  garden.  In  colors  and 
gold  on  silk.  Mounted  as  a  transparency,  between  glass. 

Height,  38  inches;  width,  22 %  inches. 


PAINTINGS  OF  THE  SIXTEENTH  CENTURY 

/  / 

509 —  Korean  Painting  Sixteenth  Century 
A  bird  of  many  colors  perched  on  a  rock  gazes  down  at  its 
mate  perching  on  a  bamboo  branch  below,  while  aloft  the 
peony  and  a  plum  tree  are  in  rich  bloom.  In  colors  on 
paper.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 

Height,  24%  inches ;  width,  11%  inches. 

// 

510 —  Korean  Painting  Sixteenth  Century 
A  pair  of  pheasants  perched  on  a  rock,  beneath  a  blossoming 
magnolia  tree,  with  the  peony  and  other  flowers  in  bloom  in 
the  foreground.  In  rich  colors  on  paper.  Mounted  as  a 
panel. 

Height.,  24%  inches:  width,  13  inches. 


511- 


PAINTING  OF  THE  KAMAKURA  PERIO 

yjn; 

-Japanese  Painting:  The  Buddhist  Triad 

Kamakura  1 

Amida  Buddha  seated  on  a  throne,  in  preaching  posture,  a 
radiant  halo  emanating  from  his  head,  and  in  front  of  him 
in  the  foreground  Kuan-yin  with  clasped  hands  and  Seishi 
holding  a  lotus,  both  kneeling,  all  the  figures  facing  the  left 
three-quarters  front  and  borne  on  clouds.  In  gold  and  a 
modicum  of  color,  the  gold  now  worn  and  notably  softened, 
the  colors  also,  and  the  background  from  age  and  incense 
fumes  turned  a  deep  black.  On  silk.  Mounted  as  a  panel. 


j 

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Height.,  44%  inches;  width,  24%  inches. 


THIRD  AND  LAST  AFTERNOON’S 

SALE 


SATURDAY,  FEBRUARY  5,  1921 

AT  THE  AMERICAN  ART  GALLERIES 


BEGINNING  AT  2  O’CLOCK 


PORCELAIN  AND  POTTERY  OF  THE  SUNG  PERIOD 


Sung 


Pear  shape  with  fixed  ring  handle.  Lightly  invested  with  a 
creamy-buff  glaze,  which  is  delicately  crackled  and  exhibits 
a  frosting  of  incipient  decay.  Has  stand. 


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513 — Tixg-yao  Jar 


Sung 


Cylindrical,  broadly  contracting  to  a  low  foot,  and  with 
broadly  sloping  shoulder  and  embryonic  lip.  Shoulder 
circled  by  incised  rings,  which  anchor  primitive  pendants 
modeled  in  relief  down  the  sides.  Brilliant  creamy  white 
glaze  which  on  the  interior  shows  a  cafe-au-lait  crackle. 
H  as  stand. 


Diameter,  3  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


514- 


lo. 


-Chun-yao  Coupe  '  ~  Sung 

Pear  shape  with  short  foot.  Dense  glaze  in  a  faint  bluish- 
gray  of  dim  lustre,  often  called  Sung  clair-de-lune,  crackled 
in  delicate  cafe-au-lait  lines.  Has  stand. 

Height,  3%  inches. 


Sung 


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515 — Pair  Fex  Ting-yao  Bowls 

Ovoid  with  embryonic  foot  and  metal-capped  rim.  interior 
impressed  with  a  finely  designed  and  executed  fioral  orna¬ 
mentation  in  delicate  relief  and  showing  fine  detail.  Cream 
glaze  of  soft  and  light  lustre  and  revealing  a  delicate  crackle. 
Slight  earthy  incrustations,  and  greenish  patina  on  rims. 
Have  stands. 

Diameter,  3%  inches. 


ft  // 

516 — Pai  Ting-yao  Quadrilateral  Dish  Sung 

Rim  foliated.  Interior  impressed  in  relief  with  duck,  lotus 
and  peony  designs.  Luminous  and  creamy  glaze  of  grayish 
Hour-white.  (Slight  chip  at  corner.)  Has  stand. 


Dia 


\eter,  41/,  inches. 


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517- 


0. 


-Pair  Pai  Ting-yao  Saucers 
Incised  with  highly  conventional  flo/ral  sprays 
derivation,  and  coated  with  a  fluent  and  luminous  glaze,  uni¬ 
form  in  its  tone  of  light  creamv-gray.  Have  stands. 


/ 


Diameter,  4%  inches. 

In  cense  Burner  Sung 

Cauldron  shape,  with  expanding  lip  and  short  cabriole  legs. 
Brilliant  and  characteristic  Chiin-yao  glaze,  in  a  bluish- 
moonlight  hue,  with  faint  purple-rose  flushes  and  a  finely 
marked  crackle.  Silver-gilt  cover  pierced  in  floral  scroll, 
the  exterior  in  shakudo  finish.  Teakwood  stand. 


V 


Diameter,  4%  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


519- 

/>  <9. 


Chun-yao 

Globular  with  short  lip  and  wide  mouth,  and  two  small  loop 
handles ;  short  foot.  Dense  light  grayish  glaze  with  bluish 
cast  and  a  veiled  brilliancy.  Touches  of  a  creamy  frosting 
of  decay.  Has  stand. 


Height,  6%  inches. 


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520 


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)ogs  Foo  Sung 

Finely  modeled,  with  an  expression  of  dignified  repose  and 
reserved  power,  rather  than  of  glaring  guardianship  and 
threatening  ferocity;  seated  on  their  haunches,  one  with 
head  to  right  and  the  companion  with  head  to  left,  on 
quadrilateral  pedestals  and  wearing  the  traditional  trap¬ 
pings.  Rich  and  brilliant  cream  glaze,  with  a  delicate 


crackle  in  self-color  and  cafe-au-lait. 
in  the  glaze.) 


(Slight  kiln  defects 


Height,  10  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


Ovoid,  slightly  in-turning  at  the  lip,  which  is  silver  capped. 
Dense  glaze  in  light  and  delicate  bluish-gray  “Sung  clair-de- 
lune,"  with  the  characteristic  purplish  flushes.  Incrusted 
through  inhumation  and  touched  with  the  incipient  irides¬ 
cence  of  decay.  (Slight  repair  within  lip.)  Has  stand. 


Diameter,  7%  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


522 — Chun-yao  Bowl 


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1  uan 


Ovoid  with  low  foot.  Bluish-gray  crackled  glaze  of  light 
lustre,  broadly  flushed  on  the  interior  of  the  bowl  in  dark 
purples  and  touched  with  an  iridescence  of  decay.  Has 
stand. 


Diameter,  6%  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


1 — Tinc.-yao  TToTtle  Sung 

Double-gourd  shape,  with  decorations  incised  and  modeled 
in  delicate  relief  in  the  paste,  comprising  bands  of  floral 
scroll  and  borders  of  key-fret  and  scrolls  vermiculees.  Bril¬ 
liant  and  rich  cream  glaze  lightly  crackled.  Teakwood 
stand. 

Heights  11  inches. 


524 — Pair  Ting-yao  Bottles  /  /  /pung 

Large  pear  shape  with  slightly  tapering  cylindric$/ neck, 
Q  .  and  flat  foot.  Characteristic  monochrome  glaze  of  rich  and 
brilliant  cream  tone,  with  a  bold  crackle  in  self-color  and 
cafe-au-lait.  Have  stands. 


Height,  14  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


525- 


Tixg-yao  Bottle 
Double-gourd  form. 


in  fine  modeling,  with  bold  fo 


and 


small  mouth  and  lightly  incurved  waist.  Brilliant  cream 
glaze  with  mirror  properties  and  at  the  same  time  a  limpid¬ 
ity  permitting  clear  vision  of  the  finely  designed  and  pre¬ 
cisely  drawn  incised  decoration,  which  includes  formal  floral 
scrolls  and  ju-i  and  fret  borders.  Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  12%  inches. 


526 — Tixg-yao  Jap. 


Inverted  pear  shape  with  short  neck  and  flanged  lip. 
acteristic  rich  cream  glaze  with  soft,  oleaginous 
Lip  glazed  in  a  soft  and  rich  brown.  Has  stand. 


Sung 

Char- 

lustre. 


Height,  13  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


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527— Ting-yao 

With  two  foliar  scroll  handles  connecting  neck  and  shoulder. 
Decoration  incised  and  in  tangible  relief,  in  primitively  con¬ 
ventional  floral  design,  on  both  faces,  with  ju-i  and  kev- 
fret  borders.  Rich  cream  glaze  of  brilliant  surface  and 
disclosing  a  delicate  crackle.  Has  stand. 


Height,  13y4  inches. 

u  Jab  Sung 

Ovoid  with  broadly  rounding  shoulder  and  short  upright 
lip,  and  beveled  foot.  Firm  sonorous  pottery,  clothed  in  a 
dense  enamel  glaze  of  deep  and  soft  brown,  of  bright  sur¬ 
face.  Encircled  by  a  deep  band  of  primitive  peony  scroll, 
which  appears  in  glaze  relief  on  the  matt  ground  of  the 
reddish-brown  biscuit.  Has  stand.  Height.  14  inches. 


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52 8 — Tz  ’u-ch  o 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


529 


530 

fa 


Large  Cream  Crackled  Jar  Afanp 

Inverted  pear  shape  with  large  mouth  and  short  neck,  which 
is  molded  at  its  base.  Rich  cream  glaze  of  soft  lustre, 
threaded  by  a  bold  and  varied  crackle  in  warm  and  dee]) 
cafe-au-lait.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  14%  inches. 


Fen  Ting-yao  Bottle  Sung 

Double-gourd  shape,  with  a  bold  and  extensive  scroll  in  the 
Indian  lotus  motive,  incised  and  executed  in  palpable  relief, 
and  lip  and  foot  borders  of  the  lei-wen  (thunder-scroll). 
Rich  cream  glaze  of  moist  lustre  and  disclosing  a  sporadic 
crackle.  Has  stand. 


Height ,  15%  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


Sung 


532- 


j  4  o. 


Pear  shape  tapering  to  a  full  neck  which  recurves  in  a  trum¬ 
pet  lip ;  deep  foot ;  low  on  the  neck  a  relief  band  of  primitive 
ornamentation,  supporting  pendent  handles  of  elephant- 
head  and  ring  design  modeled  in  relief.  The  whole  in  a 
dense  glaze  of  dark  cream  and  cafe-au-lait,  of  dull,  unctu¬ 
ous  lustre,  and  fine  and  varied  fishroe  crackle.  Teakwood 
stand.  Height,  16  inches. 

-Tz’u-choxj  Jar  ,  Sung 

Large  inverted  pear  shape  with  flat  foot  and  upright  lip. 
Heavy  and  dense,  resonant  porcellanous  stoneware,  coated 
with  a  luminous  glaze  of  grayish  creamy-white,  on  which  is 
penciled  an  extensive  decoration  in  soft  and  rich  brown. 
The  principal  decoration  pictures  the  five-clawed  dragon  and 
the  phoenix,  imperial  emblems,  each  in  its  separate  foliated 
panel,  while  intervening  are  panel  segments  in  floral  motives. 
In  addition  are  five  conventional  borders,  varying  in  design. 
(Rivetted  repair  at  lip.)  Has  stand.  Height,  16%  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


CELADONS  OF  THE  SUNG  PERIOD 

mLo  &. 


5:5.3 


3 


0. 


Two  Celadon  Birdcage  Cups  Sung 

One  ovoid  with  basket-rib  fluting,  within  a  celadon  glaze  of 
pale  grayish-seagreen ;  the  other  fashioned  as  a  lotus  flower 
in  relief  modeling,  its  glaze  a  deeper  green  with  the  higher 
reliefs  a  light  gray.  Have  stands.  ^  a 


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534— 

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Celadon  Barrel-form  Jar  (  Sung 

Studded  with  small  bosses  below  the  rim  and  above  the  base. 
Celadon  glaze  of  delicate  grayish-seagreen  note  and  soft 
lustre,  with  pale  cafe-au-lait  crackle.  With  stand. 


535- 

3  o. 


\  ltn  stand. 

-Pair  Celadon  Bowls  Sung 

Flaring  inverted  bell  shape  with  expanding  rim  and  short 
foot.  Interior  with  incised  decoration  in  wave-line  and  prim¬ 
itive  floral  motive.  Luminous  celadon  glaze  of  sea-green  and 
grayish  notes,  with  crackle.  On  one  a  patch  of  earthy  in- 

Diarneter/  5|4  inches. 


crustation.  Have  stands. 


536- 

\J0 


Dxatne 


3d- 


s. 


-Celadon  Jar  with  Cover  Sung 

Ovoid  with  short  lip  and  foot;  low  dome  cover  with  festooned 
rim  and  recumbent  F11  finial,  the  dome  surface  incised  and 
modeled  in  relief  with  conventional  foliations.  Celadon  glaze, 
on  the  bowl  gray,  on  the  cover  a  pale  and  brilliant  sea- 
ffreen.  Has  stand.  Height,  4y2  inches. 


Uv' 


537 


538— 

3-5 


Celadon  Bowl  Sung 

Ovoid  with  deep  foot.  Exterior  fluted  by  incision  in  slender 
chrysanthemum-petal  form ;  at  bottom  of  interior  an  incised 
conventional  blossom.  Celadon  glaze  of  fine,  delicate  sea- 
green,  with  soft  lustre.  Has  stand.  Diameter,  4%  inches. 

Sunn 


Pair  Celadon  Bowls  sung 

Flaring  from  a  small  foot,  with  a  very  light  molding  on  the 
exterior  of  the  rim  and  an  umbo  at  bottom  of  the  interior. 
Monochrome  celadon  glaze  of  pale  grayish-seagreen,  with 
dull  lustre.  Have  stands.  Diameter,  4%  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


539 — Celadon  Plaque 


Circular,  with  flaring  rim  and  ovoid  cavetto,  and  contract¬ 
ing  foot ;  heavy  and  sonorous,  within  a  luminous  celadon 
winze  of  translucent  sea-green  tone.  At  bottom  of  interior 
an  archaic  dragon  and  the  sacred  jewel  in  relief ;  within  the 
sides  primitive  scrolls  incised,  and  the  exterior  sides  modeled 
in  petal  form  in  relief ;  all  beneath  the  glaze.  Has  stand. 


Diameter,  13%  inches. 


A  ROWL  OF  THE  YUNG  LO  REIGN 


Yung  Lo 


540 — White  Semi-eggshell  Bowl 


Flaring,  from  a  small  and  delicate  foot,  the  rim  petaled  by 
light  indentions,  giving  a  hexafoil  perimeter.  Semi-eggshell 


translucent  porcelain  of  musical  tone,  clothed  in  a  brilliant 


glaze  of  soft  creamy  white.  On  the  sides  of  the  interior  a 
delicate  ornamentation  of  dragon  medallions  among  conven¬ 
tional  clouds  in  tangible  relief  beneath  the  glaze.  Four- 
character  mark  of  the  reign  similarly  modeled  on  the 
superior  surface  of  the  bottom.  Teakwood  stand. 


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541- -Iridescent  Pottery  Vase 


Globular  with  broad  neck  supporting  a  heavy  and  broadly 


O  expanding  lip.  Shoulder  and  midbody  circled  by  channeled 
and  molded  rings,  and  below  the  shoulder  is  a  border  of 
spear-point  design,  incised.  Glaze  of  rich  swamp-green, 
delicately  crackled,  and  coated  with  a  silvery  iridescence 
and  light  grayish  earthy  incrustations.  Has  stand. 


Height,  12%  inches. 

T’ang 


Semicircular  and  deep,  the  top  lightly  concave  and  the 
nearer  edge  hollowed  slightly  for  the  neck.  Incised  with  a 
peony  spray  and  primitive  scroll  border,  and  glazed  in 
emerald-green,  which  shows  a  silvery  iridescence,  yellow  and 
white.  Brown  and  grayish  earth  incrustations. 


Diameter,  14  inches. 


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543 — Cream-glazed  Crackled  \  ase  T’atig 

Fine  inverted  pear  shape,  with  full  incurvate  neck  and 
cupped  lip,  the  neck  circled  by  hold  relief  rings,  and  two 
primitively  modeled  relief  blossoms  being  implanted  upon 
the  lip.  Dragon-head  loop  handles  springing  from  the 
shoulder  overtop  the  lip,  and  the  shoulder  also  supports 
ovate-leaf  and  larger  foliar  ornaments  modeled  in  relief. 
Delicate  grayish-cream  glaze  of  light  lustre  and  fine  and 
pronounced  crackle,  with  a  soft,  incipient  iridescence  of 
decay.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  19 ya  inches. 


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EXAMPLES  FROM  THE  MING  DYNASTY 
Cream  Crackled  Pottery 

t'/Llo  . 

-Pair  Pottery  Bottles  (/Ming 

Low  ovoidal  body  on  heavy  foot,  with  slender  neck  and 
expanding  and  molded  lip.  Lustrous  gray  glaze  tinged 
with  bleu-de-ciel.  Have  stands. 

Height,  5  inches. 

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Cream  Crackled  Bottle  \jMiiig 

Spheroidal  with  cylindrical  neck  slightly  expanding  and 
low  foot.  Cream  glaze  of  soft  and  delicate  lustre,  with 
pinkish  and  grayish  areas,  and  the  cream  tones  both  rich 
and  light,  with  a  bold  fishroe  crackle  in  self-tones  and  cafe- 
au-lait.  Has  stand. 

Height,  1 1  %  inches. 


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546 — Cream  Crackled  Jar  Ming 

Oviform,  with  gracefullv  recurving  outline  and  short  up- 
/  00.  right  lip.  Rich  cream  glaze  with  dim  lustre  and  close  and 
bold  fishroe  crackle.  (Small  chip  at  foot.)  With  stand. 


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Height,  12%  inches 


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548 


Ming 

Elongated  pear  shape  of  graceful  outline,  recurving  in  a 
full  neck  and  expanding  lip  ;  bold  foot.  Resonant  porcel- 
lanous  pottery  invested  with  an  unctuously  rich  creamy- 
gray  glaze  showing  a  dense  and  small  crackle  throughout, 
the  whole  an  echo  of  the  Sung  pieces  of  similar  type.  Em¬ 
bracing  the  shoulder  a  band  of  spiral  and  angular  scroll 
designs,  incised  beneath  the  glaze.  Teakwood  stand. 

Height,  18*4  inches. 
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-Namako  Jardiniere  Ming 

D  rum  form,  with  two  rings  of  studding  and  a  bold  lip. 
Clothed  in  a  brilliant  namako  or  “running”  glaze  of  creamy- 
gray,  delicately  tinged  with  bluish  notes.  Has  stand. 

Diameter,  19  inches. 


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549 —  Pottery  Wine  Jar  Ming 

Tz’u-chou  ware  of  Wan  Li.  Ovoid  with  heavily  molded  lip. 
Penciled  in  a  rich  and  soft  brown,  on  a  creamv-white  ground 
of  soft  lustre,  with  three  bands  of  decoration,  respectively 
in  lotus,  peony  and  a  primitive  floral  scroll  motive.  The 
shoulder  band  of  decoration  interrupted  by  two  inscriptions, 
one  saying  that  “the  great  wine  ocean”  (the  jar)  was  made 
in  the  reign  of  Wan  Li ;  the  other  invites  the  immortals  to 
the  Mountain  Pavilion  to  converse  and  to  see  the  phoenix 
and  the  bamboo  leaves  in  the  garden,  and  the  pond  there 
where  the  dragon  incarnates  himself  as  a  fish.  Has  five- 
legged  table-stand. 

II eight-,  33y2  inches;  diameter,  28  inches. 

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550 —  Large  Pottery  Jardiniere  Ming 

Ovoidal  with  heavily  modeled  expanding  and  flattened  rim. 

f  if)  Monochrome  glaze  of  rich  cream  color,  extremely  brilliant, 
checked  with  a  fine  crackle  in  delicate  lines  of  caf e-au-lait . 
Teakwood  stand. 

Diameter,  28%  inches. 


CELADONS  OF  THE  MING  DYNASTY 


551 — Celadon  Bottle-form  Vase 


Low  ovoidal  body  with  bold  foot,  wide  neck  and  broadly 
cupped  lip.  Body  and  neck  encircled  by  incised  and  molded 
rings,  the  neck  appearing  in  hamboo  motive;  on  the  neck 
two  animal-head  and  ring  handles  in  relief.  Brilliant  cela¬ 
don  glaze  of  delicate  gravish-seagreen,  with  brownish  notes. 
H  as  stand. 


Height,  7%  inches. 


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-Celadon  Table  Screen 
Conventional  form,  with  standing  figures  of  an  Emperor  and 
Empress  modeled  in  high  relief  on  the  obverse,  in  embrace, 
their  heads  and  happy  faces  and  the  embroidery  of  their 
robes  reserved  in  the  biscuit,  while  the  rest  of  the  surface  is 
in  a  brilliant  celadon  glaze  of  varying  grayish-seagreen 
tones.  On  the  reverse  two  cvlindrical  wells. 


Height,  7%  inches. 


553 — Celadon  Beaker  Ming 

Ovoid  mid-section  with  trumpet  neck,  bell  foot  and  retired 
underfoot.  Resonant  hard  paste,  the  mid-section  modeled 
in  relief  with  four  spinose  ridges,  and  the  neck  and  foot 
exhibiting  an  equal  number  of  ornamental  reliefs  in  leaf 
design  and  with  further  incised  decoration.  Very  brilliant 
celadon  glaze  in  pure  and  delicate  grayish  sea-green.  (Slight 
gold  lacquer  repair  at  lip.)  Teakwood  stand. 


Height,  9%  inches 


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554 — Celadon  Incense  Vase  ,) ling 

Globul  ar  vase  with  trumpet  neck,  mounted  upon  the  back 
of  a  standing  dog  Fu,  the  vase  adorned  with  floral  scroll  in 
relief,  the  trappings  of  the  Fu  incised  and  in  relief,  and  the 
whole  within  a  brilliant  celadon  glaze  of  fine  and  delicate 
sea-green.  (Slight  gold  lacquer  repair  at  rim.)  Has 
stand. 


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Height,  8  inches. 


Ming 

Double-gourd  shape,  within  a  fine  and  rich  celadon  glaze  of 
light  gravish-seagreen,  revealing  sporadically  a  giant 
crackle.  Has  stand. 


Height,  9%  inches. 


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557- 


-Celadon  Wine  Jar  Ming 

Full-bodied  inverted  pear  shape  with  broad  foot,  large 
mouth  and  short  upright  lip ;  stoneweight  porcelain  of  clear 
musical  tone.  Floral  decoration  in  eight  panels  incised  and 
modeled  in  the  paste,  above  a  base  border  of  lance-head  petal 
form,  beneath  a  brilliant  celadon  glaze  of  transparent  sea- 
green  tint,  its  tone  deepening  in  the  bolder  incisions.  Carved 
teakwood  cover  and  stand. 

Height,  9%  inches. 

Celadon  Gallipot  Ming 

Dense  porcelain  of  clear,  ringing  note,  in  fine  and  perfect 
modeling  of  inverted  pear  form,  with  short  neck  contracting 
to  a  lightly  molded  lip,  within  a  celadon  mirror  glaze  of 
light  seagreen  uniform  in  tone  throughout.  Teakwood 
stand. 


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Height,  14%  inches. 


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558 — Celadon  Wine  Jar 

Broad  and  squat  inverted  pear  shape,  with  large  mouth 
J  $  and  short  lip.  Sonorous  stoneweight  porcelain,  with  a 
varied  decoration  boldly  modeled  in  relief  in  the  paste,  com¬ 
prising  six  panels  of  fruit  and  flower  design,  a  scrolling 
petal  border  and  a  deep  leaf  border.  Brilliant  celadon  glaze 
of  a  dense  grayish-seagreen.  Teakwood  cover  with  jade 
handle,  and  teakwood  stand. 


Height,  10  inches. 


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560 


Celadon  Wine  Jar 
Inverted  pear  shape.  Stoneweight  porcelain  of  prolonged 
sonority  and  fine  texture,  within  a  rich  and  brilliant  celadon 
glaze  of  luminous  sea-green  tone,  with  an  intermingling  of 
infinitesimal  air  globulites,  over  an  extensive  and  varied 
decoration  both  incised  and  modeled  in  “flat-carving,”  and 
including  chevron  and  petal  borders,  and  eight  panels  alter¬ 
nately  displaying  floral  and  ideographic  designs. 

Hejc/ht,  1  L!4  inches. 

Celadon  Statuette  Ming 

Figure  of  Buddha  seated  on  a  lotus  throne,  in  attitude  of 
meditation,  hands  palm  upward  on  his  lap,  the  whole 
mounted  on  a  hexagonal  base  and  modeled  as  a  single  piece. 
Incised  decoration  beneath  the  brilliant  celadon  glaze  of 
delicate  grayish-seagreen,  with  the  Buddha’s  features  and 
breast  reserved  and  on  the  breast  a  swastika  modeled  in 

Height,  IO14  inches. 
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light  relief 


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-Celadon  Gallipot  Ming 

Sonorous  porcelain,  invested  with  a  celadon  glaze  of  grayish- 
seagreen  somewhat  dense  in  character  and  having  a  brilliant 
mirror  surface.  Teakwood  stand.  Height,  15y4  inches. 

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-Celadon  Gallipot  Ming 

Resonant  stoneweight  porcelain,  with  a  fine  and  pure  celadon 
glaze  of  mirror  brilliance,  in  delicate  seagreen  tint,  its  trans¬ 
parence  revealing  a  finely  designed  and  extensive  peony 
scroll  decoration  incised  and  modeled  in  the  paste. 

Height,  15  inches. 


563- 


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-Celadon  Fish  Bowl  Ming 

Shallow  ovoidal  form  with  bold  foot  and  lightly  molded  lip. 
Heavy  sonorous  porcelain  with  a  brilliant  celadon  glaze  of 
grayish-seagreen  tone,  and  exhibiting  in  a  medallion  within 
the  bottom  a  freely  drawn  incised  decoration  in  floral  motive. 

Diameter,  1 5 \/2  inches. 


561  662 

No.  560 — Celadon  Statuette  (Ming) 

Nos.  561-562 — Celadon  Gallipots  (Ming) 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


Beaker-form  Vase  Ming 

With  relatively  slender,  graceful  neck.  Heavy  porcelain  of 
musical  resonance,  with  incised  and  relief  decoration  occupy¬ 
ing  practically  the  whole  of  its  surface.  On  the  shoulder  a 
four-clawed  dragon  pursuing  the  whirling  jewel  among 
clouds  above  waves  of  the  sea,  below  this  a  floral  scroll  band 
in  phoenix-and-peony  design  and  a  deep  petal  border,  and 
on  the  neck  a  plantain-leaf  border  and  bold  rings.  Brilliant 
celadon  glaze  of  light  grayish-seagreen.  Teakwood  stand. 


564 — Large  Celado 


Height,  261/4  inches. 


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jADON  Beaker-form  Vase  Ming 

Heavy  resonant  porcelain,  within  a  celadon  glaze  of  brilliant 
grayish-seagreen  over  an  extensive  decoration  incised  and 
modeled  in  relief  in  the  paste.  Peony  scroll  bands  boldly 
designed  encircle  neck  and  shoulder,  with  a  lesser  floral 
scroll  band  below,  a  deep  lance-leaf  border  at  the  foot,  and 
seven  rings  about  the  neck.  Teakwood  stand. 


eight,  26%  inches. 


566 — Large  Celadon  Beaker-shaped  Vase  Ming 

Stoneweight  porcelain,  boldly  shaped,  and  boldly  modeled 
in  relief  with  a  highly  conventional  peony  scroll  in  two  bands 
encircling  the  shoulder  and  neck,  and  with  a  tall  lance-leaf 
border  encompassing  the  base.  About  the  midbody  a  nar¬ 
row  band  of  incised  floral  scroll  in  conventional  peony 
motive.  Rich  and  brilliant  celadon  glaze  of  fine  sea-green 
tone.  (Lip  metal-capped.)  Has  stand. 

Height.  27 %  inches. 

O.dJ-y&y't 


567 — Korean  Terra-cotta  Statuette 


Ri-cliao 


Standing  figure  of  a  young  woman,  on  a  wood  base  carved 
as  rockery.  Her  face,  of  the  full-moon  type,  painted  white, 
has  darkened  with  dirt  accumulations  and  patina,  while  her 
lips  remain  pink  and  eyes  and  eyebrows  which  were  touched 
in  in  black  retain  their  color.  She  wears  a  vermilion  coat 
and  skirt,  with  aubergine  trimming  and  green  lining. 

Height,  13%  inches. 


REMARKABLE  MARBLE  AND  OTHER  STONE 
SCULPTURES,  OF  ANCIENT  PERIODS 


568 — Stone  Sculpture 


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Very  finely  carved  head  of  Buddha,  from  an  heroic  statue; 
finely  modeled,  in  smooth  line  and  surface,  in  white  marble; 
the  hair  in  small  curls  in  relief.  Creamy  patina,  obscured 
ky  light  grayish  earth  incrustations.  Wooden  stand. 


Height,  18  inches  ( with  stand  32  inches). 


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5G9 — Rare  Marble  Figure  Group  u  ]/ 

^  A  masterpiece  of  sculpture,  of  the  twelfth  century,  in  white 


marble.  Signed  and  dated.  A  Lohan  is  represented  seated 
on  a  rock  ledge  in  a  grotto,  showing  his  power  over  a  lion 
by  caressing  its  shoulder  as  it  climbs  upon  his  knee,  glaring 
up  at  him  with  jaws  parted.  His  shaven  head,  and  the 
strong  features  executed  with  fine  powers  of  characteriza¬ 
tion,  the  pose  of  the  figure,  at  once  mobile  and  rigid,  the 
full  robes  in  graceful  folds,  all  alike  exhibit  modeling  of 
notable  ability.  The  figure  is  in  the  round.  On  ledges  of 
the  rockery  arch  above  the  Lohan’s  head  appear  in  bas- 
relief  a  tiger  (or  possibly  a  lioness)  and  a  man  carrying  two 
baskets,  in  one  of  them  an  infant  and  on  top  of  the  other  a 
scroll,  which  seem  to  have  some  mystical  significance  which 
has  not  yet  been  satisfactorily  made  out.  Pendent  from 
the  arch  is  a  tablet  in  lotus  framing,  incised  with  an  inscrip¬ 
tion  in  four  columns,  reciting  that  this  statue  of  a  Lohan 
with  a  lion  was  the  worshipful  offering  of  Wang-hsui  for 
the  prosperity  and  well  being  of  his  family  and  village, 
carved  by  Li  Fu,  the  ninth  month  of  the  third  year  of  Lei 
Lung  (September,  A.D.  1158). 


Height,  36  inches. 


( Illustrated) 


T’ang 


Statue  of  Kuan-yin,  standing,  on  a  circular  base  in  con¬ 
ventional  lotus  motive,  both  figure  and  base  carved  in  the 
same  block  of  white  marble.  (Head  and  left  forearm  long 
lost.)  The  goddess  appears  in  slender  figure,  the  upper 
body  nude  save  for  the  draperies  of  a  small  shoulder  cape, 
the  breast  crossed  by  a  beaded  necklace  in  relief,  an  armlet 
and  bracelet  worn  on  the  right  arm.  A  long  girdle  of  large 
beads  swings  from  her  shoulder  to  below  the  knees,  and  a 
streamer  hangs  at  one  side,  partly  undercut.  Skirt  flowing, 
and  carved  with  ornamentation. 


Height,  43  inches. 


No.  .369 — Rare  Marble  Figure  Group  (Sung) 


Afternoon 


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57 Sculpture  T'ang 

Statue  of  Kuan-yin  standing  on  a  lotus  base,  her  bare  feet 
projecting  from  her  finely  chiseled  robes  and  resting  upon 
the  ends  of  gracefully  flowing  streamers,  a  loop  of  which 
she  gathers  in  her  right  hand.  She  wears  a  ju-i  crown 
adorned  with  a  haloed  Buddha  in  relief,  a  ju-i  breastplate 
and  beaded  necklaces  and  pendants,  and  her  elaborate  drap¬ 
eries  are  carved  in  relief  and  incised.  Painted  in  polychrome 
now  showing  mainly  a  faint  rose  and  soft  green,  amid  cream 
tones  and  grayish-white. 

Height,  43 inches. 


( Illustrated ) 


572 

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Marble  Sculpture  T’ang 

Massive  head  of  Buddha  from  a  mammoth  statue,  in  black 
marble.  The  large  features  are  boldly  cai’ved,  and  smoothly 
polished,  and  the  surface  wears  a  grayish  and  silvery  patina 
over  the  dark  structural  substance.  The  head  wears  a  crown 
with  angels  bearing  a  flaming  halo  supported  on  a  lotus, 
finely  carved  in  relief  and  painted  in  polychrome,  with  a 
special  use  of  the  colors  in  emphasizing  its  band  of  jewels. 
Mounted  on  a  wood  pedestal. 


573 

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Height,  23  inches;  with  pedestal,  4 61/,  inches. 

-Stone  Sculpture  T'ang 

Statue  of  Kuan-yin  standing  on  a  lotus  base  of  capstan 
form,  carved  in  a  grayish  stone  of  sandy  surface,  with  a  con¬ 
fused  patina  in  subdued  neutral  tones,  the  resultant  of  early 
polychrome  painting  whose  colors  have  vanished  and  the 
effects  of  time  and  weather.  The  goddess  holds  in  her  right 
hand  a  lotus  bud,  in  her  left  a  vase.  The  nude  trunk  of  the 
figure,  gracefully  fashioned  in  sinuous  pose,  is  vigorously 
adorned  with  necklaces  and  pendants,  carved  in  relief,  which 
with  streamers  from  a  shoulder-cape  hang  down  before  the 
boldly  carved  flowing  skirt. 


Height,  48 y2  inches. 


No.  571 — Chinese  Stone  Sculpture  ( T’ang ) 


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A  GREAT  CARVING  IN  BLACK  MARBLE  FROM  ONE 
OF  THE  GREATEST  AGES  OF  HISTORICAL 
CHINESE  ART 


574- 


Important  Black  Marble  Sculpture  of  the'  T  ang 
Dynasty,  with  Inscription 

Statue  of  Kuan-vin,  goddess  of  mercy.  Standing  figure, 
on  a  conventional  lotus  base,  the  trunk  nude,  a  clinging 
skirt  tightly  girded  at  the  waist  and  hanging  in  light  and 
graceful  folds,  the  goddess’s  bare  feet  projecting  below  it. 
A  scarf  over  her  shoulders  is  gathered  in  streamers  about 
her  arms,  an  end  held  in  her  right  hand  (the  left  hand  and 
forearm  lost  in  some  ancient  catastrophe).  An  elaborate 
necklace  carved  in  relief  on  breast  and  body  hangs  to  the 
knees.  The  figure  is  in  sinuous  pose,  the  head  poised  with 
great  reserve  of  dignity  and  restrained  expression.  High 
headdress  in  strands  (not,  as  is  most  common,  in  small 
spiral  knots  or  knobs).  Over  the  forehead  a  flower.  Painted 
anciently  in  polychrome,  of  which  the  green  pigment  almost 
alone  is  retained,  in  portions  of  the  apparel;  elsewhere 
creamy  tones  and  gray-white,  and  on  the  flesh  surface  a 
soft  grayish  patina. 

Height,  67 y2  inches. 


The  long,  deeply  incised  inscription  on  the  base  of  the  statue  recites 
this  pious  devotional  expression: 

Abstruse  and  profound  is  the  Great  Doctrine  whence 
are  derived  the  Three  Systems  (of  the  teachings  of 
Buddha)  whereby  the  righteous  path  is  reached,  and  mys¬ 
tical  is  the  state  of  perfect  stillness  into  which  a  direct 
entrance  is  effected  by  the  dissolution  of  earthly  forms;  so 
that  those  who  repent  may  have  their  transgressions 
absolved,  and  those  who  submit  to  the  will  (of  Buddha) 
may  have  blessings  conferred  upon  them. 

The  disciple  Liang  Iv’ee,  abandoning  the  false  appear¬ 
ance  for  the  precious  reality  of  spiritual  life,  has  hereby 
respectfully  erected  this  statue  to  the  Bodhisattva  Kuan- 
yin  in  the  hope  that  from  the  gracious  Emperor  down  to 
the  lowest  living  creature,  all  may  share  in  these  blessings. 

Recorded  the  third  day  of  the  third  month  in  the  third 
year  of  Sui-k’ung  (A. I).  687).  [Sui-k’ung,  sometimes 

[Continued 


No.  574 — Important  Black  Marble  Sculpture  of 
T’ang  Dynasty,  with  Inscription 


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[No.  574 — Continued ] 

written  Ch’ui-kung,  the  nien  two  or  reign  title  of  the  Em¬ 
peror  Wu-lum — in ia o  hao  or  dynastic  title — who  reigned 
from  A.D.  684  to  A.D.  705.] 


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The  sculpture  came  from  the  Pai  Ma  Ssu,  the  White  Horse  Temple, 
built  by  the  Emperor  Ming  Ti  in  the  year  A.D.  67  upon  the  official 
introduction  of  Buddhism  in  China,  and  named  in  memory  of  the  white 
horse  which  had  carried  from  India  the  sacred  relics  that  were  brought 
by  the  envoys  whom  the  emperor  had  sent  to  India  on  a  mission  of 
inquiry;  the  temple  was  also  in  memory  of  the  two  sramana  or  Indian 
monks  whom  the  envoys  also  brought  back  with  them. 


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-Marble  Sculpture  T'ang 

Standing  figure  of  Kuan-yin  holding  a  vase,  on  a  lotus  sup¬ 
ported  by  four  lions,  the  whole  on  a  deep  rectangular  base, 
carved  of  a  single  block  of  black  marble.  The  goddess 
wears  an  elaborate  coronet  and  jeweled  necklace,  a  bold 
pendant  hanging  low  ag-ainst  her  bared  breast,  shoulder  cape 
and  full  skirt.  Faint  hues  of  early  painting  remain,  with 
grayish  patina  varied  in  tone. 

Height,  33  inches. 


576 — Marble  Sculpture  *  "  Wei 

Head  and  bust  of  a  statue  just  under  life  size — one  of  the 
flanking  figures  in  the  Buddhist  Triad  in  which  Fugen  and 
Seislii  attend  upon  Kuan-yin — carved  with  fine  artistic 
workmanship  in  black  marble.  The  head  is  very  slightly 
inclined  forward,  the  face  deftly  and  smoothly  modeled,  with 
almond  eyes  and  sensitive  nostrils  emphasized,  and  mouth 
small  but  sensuous.  The  hair  is  carefully  waved  and  curled, 
and  fashioned  in  vermiculees  over  the  center  of  the  fore¬ 
head.  Headdress  high  within  a  deep  tiara  enclosing  a 
Buddha  enthroned.  Necklace,  armlets  and  other  orna¬ 
mentation  carved  in  high  and  low  relief.  Broad  retentions  of 
vermilion  and  touches  of  green  and  other  early  painting,  and 
exhibits  of  rich  and  dull  black  and  soft  gray  patina. 


Height,  23%  inches;  with  pedestal,  73 y2  inches. 

From  the  Lung  Men  cave  temples  of  Honan  Province. 


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577 — Stone  Sculpture  T'ang 

Statue  of  Kuan-yin  standing  on  a  circular  base,  carved  in 
grayish  stone  of  gritty  arenarious  surface  and  retaining 
faint  and  weathered  traces  of  early  polychrome  painting. 
The  goddess  wears  a  coronet  and  long  necklace,  and  full 
flowing  robes,  carved  in  relief  and  incised,  and  streamers 
emphasized  by  undercutting.  On  modern  wooden  pedestal. 

Height,  39  inches;  with  pedestal,  75  inches. 


BRONZE  AND  CAST-IRON  SCULPTURE 


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578 — Lacquered  Cast  Iron  Statuette  (_y  Ming 

The  Buddha  seated  cross-legged  with  hands  palms  upward 
on  his  lap,  in  meditation,  on  the  traditional  lotus  throne. 
Cast  iron  coated  with  rich  brown  lacquer  and  gold,  with 
details  in  deep  green-blue  and  vermilion,  the  predominant 
aspect  now  fine  brown  with  gold  enrichment  variously  dis¬ 
tributed. 

Height,  1 1 inches. 


579- 


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-Gilt  Bronze  Temple  Bell  Ch'ien-lung 

Ovoid  with  flat  top  surmounted  by  a  double-dragon  loop 
handle  vigorously  modeled  in  high  relief.  Bold  relief  dec¬ 
oration  encircling  the  bell  in  five  bands,  the  principal  band 
representing  two  imperial  dragons  amid  clouds  above  the  sea, 
each  of  the  fabulous  monsters  with  the  flaming  jewel  of 
power  firmly  within  its  grasp.  This  band  interrupted  by 
two  tablets,  one  incised  “made  in  the  eighth  year  of  the  reign 
of  Ch’ien-lung”  (1718),  the  other  indicating  the  position  of 
the  bell  in  the  south  end  or  corner  of  the  great  temple  hall 
connected  with  the  imperial  palace  in  which  the  bell  was 
hung  (“Pei  nan  lu”). 


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Height,  10%  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


580 — Pair  Bronze  Fu  Lions 


yfo. 


Vigorously  designed  and  finely  modeled  guardians  of  the 
threshold,  in  monumental  proportions  reduced  to  orna¬ 
mental  size,  on  elaborate  quadrilateral  pedestals.  Seated 
on  their  haunches,  right  forepaw  of  one  rests  on  the  tradi¬ 
tional  ball,  and  the  left  forepaw  of  its  mate  on  a  cub  as 
the  cub  rolls  playfully  on  its  back.  Trappings  in  relief 
and  incised.  Pedestals  covered  with  brocade  blankets,  and 
display  rich  ornamentation  in  relief  and  incised.  Fine 
patina  of  brown  and  rich  red. 

Height,  14  inches. 


581 


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Gilded  Cast  Iron  Head  Sung 

Head  from  a  mammoth  statue  of  the  Buddha  in  cast  iron, 
boldly  but  finely  modeled  with  a  supreme  mastery  of  craft 
and  a  fine  and  expressive  dignity.  The  face  gilded,  the  head¬ 
dress  painted  a  grayish  blue-green.  On  a  modern  quadri¬ 
lateral  wooden  pedestal  with  chamfered  corners  and  a  cop¬ 
ing,  painted  in  representation  of  the  antique,  a  soft  medley 
of  creamy  neutral  tones. 


Height  of  head,  19  inches ;  with  stand,  32%  inches. 


582- 


-Bronze  Tripod  Jardiniere  '  Ming 

Cauldron  shape  on  lion  head  and  claw  feet ;  two  lion-head 
and  loose-ring  handles ;  wide  galleried  rim.  Upper  surface 
of  the  rim  boldly  incised  with  a  conventional  lotus  scroll  of 
dense  pattern,  exterior  with  a  border  of  archaic  dragon- 
scroll.  Around  the  body  a  deep  band  of  the  lei-wen,  incised, 
with  the  ogre  features  and  other  designs  reserved  in  light 
relief.  Brown  patina  and  grayish  incrustations.  Carved 
teakwood  stand. 


Diameter,  35  inches. 


583 — Large 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


Bronze  Jardiniere 


Ovoid,  with  flat  and  flaring,  festooned  rim.  On  the  upper 
surface  of  the  rim  a  T-fret  border  in  relief,  and  around  the 
sides  a  band  of  conventional  floral  scroll  in  relief,  with  bold 
rings  above  and  below  it.  Dull  brown-black  patina. 


Height,  29  inches;  diameter,  35  inches. 


CHINESE  PORCELAINS 


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584 — Two-color  In  cense  Burner 

Melon-form,  slightly  compressed,  the  lobes  marked  bvunci- 
if'O.  sion,  on  three  short  feet.  Glazed  in  a  rich  and  finely  mottled 
green  of  soft  lustre.  In  relief  crawling  about  the  sides  two 
lizard-dragons,  glazed  in  light  yellow.  Teakwood  cover  and 
stand. 

Diame 


585- 


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inches. 


-Pair  Peacock-dlue  Sacrificial  Jars 
Covers 

Inverted  pear  shape  with  short  straight  neck  ;  conical  cov¬ 
ers,  laterally  channeled  and  molded,  or  corrugated.  Bril¬ 
liant  greenish-turquoise  glaze  in  the  hue  denominated  pea¬ 
cock-blue,  closely  crackled.  Have  stands. 

Height jj6ys  inches. 


586-— Turquoise-elite  Jar  luing 

Broad  inverted  pear  shape  with  large  mouth  and  short  lip 
Oo.  and  flat  foot.  Turquoise-blue  glaze  lightening  and  again 
intensifying  in  its  hue,  closely  crackled,  and  continued  over 
the  interior  of  the  jar.  Has  stand. 

Diameter,  7%  inches. 

^Sf-^^OTT^D^CrREEN  BoTTLE-FORAI  VASE  Ming 

Pear  shape  with  small  neck  and  large  trumpet  lip,  and  deep 
cylindrical  foot.  Highly  luminous  glaze  of  a  rich  moss- 
green,  with  a  vagarious  mottling  and  minute  and  delicate 
crackle.  Has  stand.  Height,  8*4  inches 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


(Slightly  chipped.) 


588— Pair  Dogs  Fu 

Q  Seated  on  their  haunches  on  oblong  pedestals  with  elaborate 
incised  ornamentation  of  formal  conventional  design.  Heavy 
Ming  potteryvhi  a  glaze  of  rich,  deep  and  brilliant  blue  of 


and  varied  cerulean  tones. 

Height,  8%  inches. 

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589 — Peacock-blue  Tripod  Incense  Burner  Ming 

Circular  and  shallow,  with  short  neck  and  flanged  lip  and 
stump  feet.  Dense  greenish-turquoise  glaze  minutely 
crackled,  in  the  rich  hues  composing  “peacock-blue”  and  of 
Teakwood  stand. 

Diameter,  9%  inches. 


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dim  inviting  lustre. 


590 — Turquoise-blue  Jardiniere  with  Original  Stand  lWjtng 
Drum  shape  with  broadly  rounded  lip,  four  animal-mask 
d.  handles  modeled  in  relief,  and  studded  with  two  bands  of 
bosses  over  incised  rings.  Stand  circular  with  scrolled  skirt 
and  ring-base.  Glaze  a  varied  turquoise-blue,  brilliant  and 


having  a  fishroe  crackle. 


Height  ( with  stand),  9y4  inches. 


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591 — Turquoise-blue  Pottery  Plant  Jar  Ming 

Quadrangular  witirHat  rim,  and  on  each  face  a  lion  mask  in 
relief.  Luminous  glaze  of  softly  mottled  greenish  turquoise- 
blue.  Teakwood  stand. 


592 — Turquoise-blue  Plant  Jar 


Diameter,  9  inches. 

Ming 


Hexagonal  with  expanding  lip  and  three  angular  feet. 
Dense,  heavy  Ming  pottery,  with  a  fluent  and  variable  glaze 
of  turquoise-blue  delicately  crackled.  Has  stand. 


Diameter,  10 y4  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


593- 

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Royal  Blue  Ginger  Jar  with  Its  Own  Original  Lover 


Ovoid  with  broad  and  somewhat  flattened  shoulder,  and 
short  upright  lip ;  hat-shaped  cover  with  knob  finial.  Bril¬ 
liant  glaze  in  a  rich,  deep  and  glowing  atmospheric  blue — 
almost  the  blue  of  the  great  dome  of  the  Temple  of  Heaven, 
Peking,  which  in  sunshine  seems  to  lend  the  ether  itself  a 
deeper  blue.  (Cover  edge  slightly  nicked.)  Teakwood 
stand. 


)  Height,  11%  inches. 

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591 — Peacock-blue  Bottle  /  Ming 

Compressed  globular  body  with  broad  shoulder,  and  full  and 
tall  neck  lightly  expanding  to  the  lip;  short  and  broad  foot. 
Lustrous  turquoise  glaze  in  the  rich  blue  and  delicate  green 
tones  yielding  the  peacock-blue,  finely  crackled  throughout. 
Has  stand. 


595 - P  O  T  T  E  R  Y  S  T  A T  UETTE 


eight,  11%  inches. 

Ming 


Seated  figure  of  Kuan-vin,  feet  bent  under  and  concealed  by 
J  £  ^  her  abundant  robes,  hands  clasped  before  her  on  her  lap, 
head  slightly  inclined  forward.  Glazed  in  brilliant  auber¬ 
gine,  turquoise  and  burnt  orange,  the  turquoise  finely 
crackled.  (Slight  glaze  chips  at  knee.)  Carved  teakwood 
stand. 

596 — Polychromatic  Statuette/  Ming 


Seated  figure  of  Kuan-vin,  knees  spread  and  feet  folded 
under,  hands  concealed  within  her  ample  robes,  on  a  rock- 
and-wave  throne.  Her  hair  is  waved  over  her  brow,  before 
a  halo-headdress.  Robed  in  brilliant  moss-green,  mottled 
and  crackled,  rich  orange  and  burnt-orange  yellow,  deep 
turquoise-blue  and  aubergine,  and  gray-white — all  glazes 
but  the  aubergine  being  crackled.  Face  and  breast  appear 
in  the  biscuit,  brown  with  a  soft  black  patina,  and  on  the 
breast  a  necklace  in  low  relief.  Carved  teakwood  stand. 


Height,  1 4%  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


-Turquoise-blue  Pottery  Jardiniere  Ming 

Ovoid  with  heavily  molded  lip  and  two  rings  of  bold  studding. 
Brilliant  glaze  of  rich  turquoise-blue  and  soft  turquoise- 
green  notes,  lightly  crackled.  Vermilion  lacquer  carved 
table-stand. 


Diameter,  12 ys  inches. 


598 


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-Turquoise-blue  Vase  Ming 

Inverted  pear  shape  with  broad  flat  foot,  and  wide  neck  with 
expanding  lip.  Dense  glaze  of  mottled  turquoise-blue,  with 
areas  of  delicate  greenish-turquoise  trend,  very  brilliant  and 
finely  crackled,  flowing  over  heavy  Ming  pottery  of  soft 
white  paste.  Has  stand. 

Height,  14%  inches. 

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599 


Turquoise-blue  Jardiniere  Ming 

Ovoid,  traversed  by  two  channeled  rings.  Coated  with  a 
richly  mottled  glaze  of  deep  greenish  turquoise-blue,  with 
purplish  splashes  or  drippings  below  the  rim.  Has  stand. 

Diameter,  16  inches. 


DECORATED  GARDEN  SEATS  AND  SINGULARLY 
ATTRACTIVE  MONOCHROME  AND  MULTI¬ 
COLOR  JARDINIERES 

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600 — Decorated  Garden  Seat  ij  Ming 

Two  lion-head  handles  in  relief  and  pierced;  bands  of  cap 
and  foot  heavily  studded.  On  the  top,  lotus  leaves  incised, 
around  the  body  conventional  peony  sprays  in  low  relief, 
the  decorations  in  orange,  pale  aubergine  and  gray-white, 
on  grounds  of  fine  and  brilliant  turquoise-blue  and  deep 
purple-blue. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


601 — Decorated  Garden  Seat  Ming 

Cap  and  base  band  in  dark  purple-blue,  with  heavy  tur¬ 
quoise-blue  studdings ;  over  the  top  a  blanket  of  palmate 
points,  adorned  with  conventional  clouds  and  fringed  in  low 
relief.  Body  decorated  in  low  relief  with  a  lotus  pond,  and 
storks  standing  and  flying,  in  pale  aubergine,  yellow,  deep 
purple-blue  and  grayish  creamy-white  on  a  mottled  tur¬ 
quoise-blue  ground.  Two  lion-head  handles  (damaged). 


Height,  15 y2  inches. 


602 —  Decorated  Garden  Seat  Ming 
Conventional  cask  form  with  mounded  top  and  two  monster- 
mask  handles  in  relief,  the  cap  and  base  bands  heavily 
studded.  Incised  decoration  in  peacock,  peony  and  lotus 
motives,  glazed  in  rich  yellow  and  pale  aubergine  on  a 
ground  of  mottled  turquoise-blue,  and  in  yellow  and  tur¬ 
quoise  on  a  ground  of  deepest  purple-blue. 

Height,  16  inches. 

603 —  Four-color  Garden  Seat  Mingr 

/With  two  lion-head  handles  in  high  relief.  Capped,  and 
Q  banded  at  the  foot,  in  rich  and  brilliant  aube  rgine-\mv\Ac, 
which  is  interrupted  on  the  top  bv  dogs  Fu  and  the  brocaded 
ball,  incised,  and  glazed  in  orange-yellow  and  turquoise-blue. 
Reticulate  body,  pierced  in  dragon-and-cloud  design  above 
sea  waves,  glazed  in  aubergine,  turquoise,  orange  and  pure 
white.  (One  handle  restored.) 

Height,  19  inches. 


601 


'ottery  I  ’i.ant  Jar  Ming 

Modeled  in  drum  shape,  with  heavily  studded  cap  and  foot 
bands,  and  four  large  lion-head  and  ring  handles  modeled  in 
relief.  Head  and  foot  bands  in  orange-yellow  with  delicate 
crackle,  the  body  in  an  overrunning  glaze  of  rich  deep  and 
dank  green  of  soft  lustre,  with  the  handle  reliefs  standing 
out  in  both  colors.  Has  stand. 


Diameter.  15  inches. 


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606- 


(505 — Turquoise-blue  Pottery  Jardiniere  "  Ming 

Ovoid  with  bold  foot.  Studded  with  bosses  in  two  rings. 
Four  lion-mask  handles  in  relief.  Rich  glaze  of  deep  tur¬ 
quoise  blue,  with  soft  lustre.  Has  stand. 

-T ur qu oise-blue  Pottery  Jardiniere  Ming  ' 

Ovoid,  and  flat  footed ;  with  two  rings  of  bold  bosses,  and 
four  lion-mask  handles  in  low  relief.  Turquoise-blue  glaze 
rich  and  fine  in  its  color  quality.  Has  stand. 

Diameter,  21  y2  inches. 

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GOT — Turquoise-blue  Jardiniere  Ming 

Companion  to  the  preceding,  and  with  darker  tones  in  the 


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daze.  Has  stand. 


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-Green  Jardiniere  Ming 

Ovoid  with  slightly  compressed  shoulder  and  rounded  lip, 
and  two  lion-head  and  ring  handles  in  relief.  Coated  with 
a  copiously  flowing  and  dripping  glaze  in  the  rich  greens  of  [ 
dank  swamp  mosses — a  characteristic  Ming  green — touched 
with  rills  of  aubergine,  the  lip  a  pale  yellow.  Has  stand. 

D/hxmcJjir ,  25 %  inches. 


609 — Turquoise-blue  Pottery  Jardiniere  Ming 

Ovoid,  studded  in  drum  fashion  with  very  heavy  bosses  along 
incised  rings  below  the  lip  and  above  the  foot.  Glazed  in  a 
rich,  brilliant  and  varied  turquoise-blue,  boldly  crackled. 
Bold  relief  decoration  of  four  dragons,  on  the  outer  sides, 
glazed  in  orange-yellow.  (Some  glaze  chipping.)  Table- 
stand.  .  Diameter  ,JZf  inches. 


610 — Green  Jardiniere  Ming 

Ovoid  and  deep,  with  a  half-round  molding  below  the  heavy, 
expanding  lip,  the  upper  surface  of  which  is  flattened. 
Dense  stone-weight  pottery,  coated  with  an  unctuous  and 
dripping,  crackled  glaze,  in  the  rich  and  varied  greens  of 
forest  swamp-lands.  Has  table-stand. 

Height,  24%  inches;  diameter,  28%  inches. 


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611 — Three-color  Jardiniere  Ming 

D  rum  shape,  with  two  rings  of  heavy  studding.  The  shoul- 
0  o  .  der  and  base  bands  in  a  copious  glaze  of  rich  turquoise- 
blue  with  characteristic  crackle,  and  each  bordered  by  a  nar¬ 
row  strip  of  solid  aubergine ,  forming  respectively  the  upper 
and  lower  boundaries  of  the  mid-body  band,  which  is  coated 
with  a  broadly  splashed  glaze  of  turquoise  over  rich  orange- 
yellow,  the  turquoise  here  exhibiting  both  the  blue  and  the 
green  turquoise  notes.  Has  table-stand. 


Diameter,  30  inches. 


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612 —  Cochin  China  Pottek..y  Jardiniere  m mg 

Large  inverted  bell  shape  with  deep  foot,  and  lip  doubly 
molded — with  a  slight  expansion  on  the  outer  side,  and  a 
heavily  rounded  inner  surface,  on  different  planes.  Dense, 
heavy  pottery,  with  a  very  highly  conventionalized  floral 
scroll  of  lotus  origin,  modeled  in  relief.  Very  brilliant  glaze 
of  light,  soft  creamv-gray,  with  splash  suggestions  of  green¬ 
ish-blue  and  seal-brown.  (Some  glaze  chipping.)  Table- 
stand.  Diameter,  31  inches. 

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613 —  Blue  and  White  Gold-fish  Jar  Ming 

Ovoid  with  banded  and  flattened  lip.  Decoration  three  five- 
clawed  dragons  in  powerful  execution,  painted  in  deep  Mus¬ 
sulman  blue  on  a  watery-white  ground,  in  the  traditional 
pursuit  of  the  flaming  jewel  of  omnipotence.  Mark:  T a 
Ming  Wan  Li  nien  chili.  (Crack  at  one  side.)  Teakwood 
stand.  Diameter,  20%  inches. 

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Blue  and  White  Jardiniere  Ming 

Ovoidal  with  heavily  molded  lip.  Brilliant  white  glaze  with 
underglaze  decoration  in  two  tones  of  rich  and  deep  blue,  in 
a  conventional  lotus-scroll  band  covering  the  body,  and  an 
even  more  highly  conventionalized  border  at  the  foot.  Mark: 
Ta  Ming  Wan  Li  nien  cliili.  (Foot  rivetted.)  Has  stand. 

Diameter,  20%  inches. 

Blue  and  White  Jardiniere  Ming 

Ovoid  with  banded  and  flattened  lip.  Mohammedan  blue 
decoration  of  imperial  dragons  and  the  flaming  jewel  on 
a  watery  white  ground.  Mark:  Ta  Ming  Chia  Citing  nien 
chili.  ( Side-crack  and  bottom-rivettcd.)  Has  stand. 

Diameter,  28%  inches. 


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61  6 — Blue  and  White  Jardiniere  Ming 

Ovoid  with  banded  lip.  Decoration,  painted  in  rich  Mussul¬ 
man  blue  on  a  soft  white  ground,  five  dogs  Fu  at  sport  with 
the  filleted  brocade  balls.  Mark:  Ta  Ming  Chia  Clung  nien 
chill.  Has  stand.  Diameter,  29%  inches. 


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Third  and  Last  Afternoon 

GIT — Chixese  Four-fold  Painted  Screen’  Ming 

J>  '  Four  Ming  kakemono,  in  colors  on  silk,  from  an  ancient  set, 
in  modern  mounting  as  a  screen.  Subject,  an  imperial  gar¬ 
den  party  given  by  tbe  empress,  who  appears  at  the  left 
attended  and  surrounded  by  her  ladies,  other  ladies  and  chil¬ 
dren  appearing  in  the  other  panels,  one  of  which  shows  ob¬ 
jects  of  art  displayed  on  a  garden  table. 

Height,  72%  inches:  panel  width, JZj'A  inches. 

stylist  £  • 

618 —  Carved  Wood  Statuette  Ming 

Standing  figure  of  a  woman,  an  imperial  household  attend¬ 
ant,  on  a  low  pedestal.  She  is  in  a  vermilion  overdress  and 
green  skirt,  the  colors  largely  worn  away.  Her  face  is 
turned  toward  her  right,  and  she  holds  in  both  hands  at  her 
left  side  a  covered  jar. 

Height,  10  y„  inches. 

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619 —  Carved  Wood  Statuette  t  Sung 

/  --^'''Seated  figure  of  Kuan-vin,  on  a  conventional  lotus  pedestal, 

>7  ^  *  her  hands  resting  one  above  the  other  on  her  lap,  palms 
upward.  In  her  coronet  is  mounted  a  miniature  infant  fig¬ 
ure.  Gilded,  the  pedestal  painted  in  dark  vermilion ;  coated 
with  soft  grayish  incrustations. 

Height,  11%  inches 

620—  Korean  Wood  Carving  Ri-cliao 

'J  Statuette  of  a  robed  youth,  standing  on  a  low  pedestal. 

He  holds  in  both  hands  before  his  breast  and  ceremoniously 
a  deep  cup  or  jar.  Painted  in  polychrome  now  toned  to  low 
keys  and  showing  a  soft  patina  and  light  incrustations. 

•  y  Height,  11  inches. 

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621 —  Korean  Wood  Carving  Ri-chao 
4  Seated  figure  of  a  Lohan,  on  a  low  rounded  base  representa- 

J  five  of  a  mat.  He  sits  cross-legged,  with  right  hand  behind 

him  concealed  by  the  sleeve,  and  left  hand  grasping  his  right 
foot.  Painted  in  polychrome,  largely  white,  and  with  the 
face  now  showing  a  soft  wood-brown  patina. 


Height,  12  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


622 — Buddhist  Shrixe  with  Image  Ch’ien-lung 

Elaborate  teakwood  shrine  carved  and  pierced  in  the  design 
of  trees  of  the  peaches  of  immortality  in  bearing,  with  the 
^emblematic  bats  of  happiness  appearing  among  them,  and 
further  enriched  with  inlays  of  gold  and  silver.  The  back  a 
plate  of  translucent  spinach  jade,  of  fine  markings.  About 
the  base  a  pierced  coping  of  gray-white  jade.  Within  the 
shrine  a  seated  figure  of  Buddha,  in  contemplation,  holding 
a  vase  on  the  upturned  palms  of  his  clasped  hands,  carved  of 
lapis-lazuli  finished  with  a  soft  polish. 


Height  of  image,  8%  inches ;  of  shrine,  14%  inches. 


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Third  and  Last  Afternoon 

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624— 

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625- 

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-Pair  Korean  Carved  Wood  Statuettes 

Fourteenth  Century 
Standing  figures  of  Buddhistic  attendants,  on  quadrilateral 
bases.  Painted  in  polychrome,  the  robe  of  one  green  and 
that  of  the  companion  red.  One  holds  ceremoniously  a 
double-gourd  vase  and  the  other  a  jewel. 

’iglits,  1 3  >4  and  13%  inches. 

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-Carved  Wood  Statuette  s  Sung 

Figure  of  Mon  ju,  goddess  of  wisdom,  seated  sidewise  on  a 
recumbent  lion,  her  feet  resting  on  a  lotus.  Painted  in 
green,  vermilion,  blue  and  gold,  which  have  yielded  to  time 
and  disintegration,  softening  in  tone  or  vanishing.  (Fig¬ 
ure’s  hands  and  one  paw  of  lion  broken  away.) 

Hewitt,  12^4  inches. 

-Japanese  Wood  Carving  Ashik<(g/i  Period 

Statuette  of  Kwannon,  seated,  on  a  conventional  lotus  ped¬ 
estal.  She  has  a  high  headdress,  topped  by  a  ju-i  sceptre- 
head  ;  breast  and  arms  bare.  Vestiges  of  lacquer  gilding, 
but  the  statuette  generally  darkened  by  incense  fumes  and 
incrustations.  Height  with  fedestul,  16J/g  inches. 


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626 — Korean  Wood  Carving  Thirteenth  Century 

Statuette  of  a  Buddhist  priest,  standing  on  a  block  base  with 
chamfered  corners.  He  is  in  cowl  and  robes,  and  long 
sleeves  concealing  his  hands,  one  of  which,  the  left,  is  brought 
up  to  his  chin,  as  though  he  were  in  thought  and  about  to 
speak.  Originally  painted  in  polychrome  and  gold,  but  the 
colors  have  all  but  perished,  and  given  way  to  grayish 
incrustations.  Height,  24y,  inches. 


627- 


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-Korean  Wood  Carving  Thirteenth  Century 

Statuette  of  a  deity,  an  attendant  on  Buddha,  standing  on 
a  lotus  base,  the  hands  in  the  position  of  holding  a  banner, 
fan  or  canopy.  Elaborated  cap  and  headdress.  Painted 
in  polychrome  and  gold,  but  the  colors  weathered  and 
worn  to  faint  hues  and  a  generally  grayish  aspect. 

Height,  25 y2  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


628 — Chinese  Carved  Wood  Panel 


ang-hsi 


/'x'-"  Carved  in  low  relief  with  blossoming  flowers,  painted  in 

lacquer  in  naturalistic  colors  on  a  wood-brown  ground. 

Height  ( including  frame),  27%  inches;  width,  27  inches. 

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629 — Chinese  Carved  Wood  Panel  a  ang-lisi 

Carved  in  low  relief  with  a  pair  of  birds  perched  on  a  wild 

plum  tree  in  blossom,  painted  in  polychrome  lacquer  on  a 

wood-brown  ground. 

Height  ( including  frame),  27  inches ;  lettgth,  27%  inches , 


630- 

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Japanese  Wood  Carving  S event eentfi  Century 

Statue  of  the  famous  monk  Saigyo,  standing  on  a  rocky 
mound  and  leaning  on  bis  staff',  on  the  top  of  which  be  rests 
both  bands,  before  his  breast,  as  he  leans  slightly  forward. 
The  bead  is  carved  with  fine  expression.  He  is  in  Buddhist 
priest  robes,  which  are  painted  in  gold  and  other  lacquers, 
and  Ills  features  are  also  lacquered.  Jjtgig\tf  31  inches. 

631 — Japanese  Carved  Wood  Statue  Khrfiakura/fPrfribd 

Seated  figure  of  Buddha,  in  preaching  attitude,  right  hand 
raised  and  left  hand  resting  across  knee,  both  in  posture. 
The  headdress  is  carved  in  form  of  studding.  Features  in 
grave  but  eloquent  dignity  of  expression.  Originally  gold 
lacquered,  the  lacquer  has  largely  vanished,  vestiges  of  the 
gold  remaining  only  about  the  head,  and  the  surface  gen¬ 
erally  is  in  the  soft  brown  of  the  lightly  patinated  wood  and 
the  black  of  incense  fumes  mingling  with  accumulated  dust. 

Height,  36%  inches. 

Chinese  Wood  Sculpture 

Statue  of  Fugen,  goddess  of  integrity,  seated  on  the  back 
of  a  recumbent  elephant,  one  foot  folded  in  against  the 
opposite  knee,  and  both  hands  in  ritualistic  speaking  pos¬ 
ture.  High  crown  and  headdress,  rich  robes  and  jewels. 
The  whole  painted  in  polychrome,  whose  tones  now  are  soft 
and  delicate  in  the  mingling  of  their  hues  over  dulled  white 
over  the  gray  of  time.  A  companion  to  the  statue  of  Monju. 

Height,  36%  inches. 


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Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


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G33 — Korean  Gold  Lacquered  Carved  Wood 

Fourteenth  Century 
Figure  of  the  Buddha  seated,  in  abundantly  flowing  robes, 
his  hands  in  preaching  gestures,  the  crystal  sphere  set  in 
his  forehead.  Ages  of  incense  fumes  and  the  gray  dust  of 
time  have  given  the  once  golden  body  a  soft  and  reposeful 
aspect  of  quiet  mahogany  note,  enriched  by  ever  recurrent 
glints  and  areas  of  the  primal  gold. 

Height,  36%  inches. 


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634 — Chinese  Wood  Sculpture  Sung 

Statue  of  Monju,  goddess  of  wisdom,  seated  sidewise  on 
a  recumbent  lion  which  raises  its  head  with  parted  jaws  and 
erect  ears.  The  goddess,  with  high  headdress  and  crown, 
sits  with  left  knee  raised  and  hand  resting  on  it,  her  right 
hand  placed  on  the  lion’s  back,  her  fearless  wisdom  ruling 
the  beast,  and  her  features  wear  an  expression  of  supreme 
"placidity.  She  is  voluminously  robed  and  plentifully  jew¬ 
eled,  and  the  entire  sculpture  is  painted  in  polychrome,  the 
tones  now  blended  in  nature’s  gray,  with  white,  green  and 
vermilion  denoting  themselves  modestly.  A  companion  to 
the  statue  of  Fugen. 

Height,  37  inches. 


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635 — Japanese  Carved  Wood  Statue  Ashikaga  Period 

Dainichi  Nyorai  seated  before  a  large  carved  halo  and  on  the 
original  boldly  carved  lotus  stand,  the  whole  in  wood  and 
the  figure  and  stand  originally  covered  with  gold  lacquer, 
the  halo  botli  lacquered  in  gold  and  painted  in  white  and 
green  ;  tiara  and  bracelets  of  the  figure,  the  stand  and  de¬ 
tails  of  the  halo  retain  the  gold,  while  the  smoke  of  incense 
has  turned  the  face  and  much  of  the  body  a  soft  rich  black. 
The  deity  holds  both  hands  in  expressive  posture  before  the 
chest,  the  upper  body  is  nude  save  for  drapery  coming  over 
the  left  shoulder,  the  limbs  lying  within  the  curling  folds  of 
loose  robes. 


Height,  complete,  49 y2  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


036 — Japanese  Wood  Sculpture  Kamakura  Period 

Standing  figure  of  Jikoku-ten,  one  of  the  four  kings  of 
heaven,  guardian  of  the  east ;  on  original  pedestal.  He 
stands  on  a  rock  mass  supported  on  a  quadrilateral  base, 
and  holds  upright  a  trident  with  his  left  hand,  which  is 
raised  above  his  shoulder,  his  right  arm  akimbo  with  hand 
at  hip.  He  is  in  warrior’s  armor  finely  carved  in  relief,  with 
streamers  carved  free.  Painted  in  polychrome  now  all  in 
dark  tones,  relieved  by  outcroppings  of  soft  grav-white. 

Height,  complete,  56%  inches. 


637 — Carved  Wood  Statue  and  Pedestal  Sung 

Standing  figure  of  Kuan-yin,  goddess  of  mercy,  holding 
against  her  right  shoulder  a  lotus  flower,  left  arm  hanging 
in  full  extension  at  her  side,  the  hand  clasping  a  streamer 
of  her  drapery.  She  is  crowned  and  the  details  of  her  robes 
and  jeweled  decorations  are  carved  in  relief.  On  original 
lotus  pedestal  of  capstan  form.  Painted  in  polychrome, 
the  colors  now  softened,  the  green  and  vermilion  now  pre¬ 
dominating,  with  a  touch  of  gold. 

Height,  complete,  56ys  inches. 


LACQUER  BOXES  AND  FURNITURE 

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638 — Inlaid  Lacquer  Box  and  Cover  Ch'ien-lung 

So-  Oblong  with  indented  corners.  Black  lacquer,  both  box  and 
cover  inlaid  in  mother-of-pearl  with  butterflies  and  flowers, 
and  top  of  cover  with  brocades  and  resplendent  floral  scrolls. 


639— 

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Japanese  Lacquer  Water  Bottle 

Large  pear  shape,  with  low  and  broad  foot  and  short  ex¬ 
panding  neck.  Seal  brown  lacquer  of  soft  lustre,  painted  in 
polychrome  in  European  motive  with  a  Dutch  square-rigger 
dressed  with  pennants,  on  the  obverse,  and  on  the  reverse 
with  a  medallion  depicting  an  aide  reporting  a  sighting  to 
a  commander  who  holds  a  spyglass.  Height,  10%  inches. 


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641— 

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Third  and  Last  Afternoon 

Inlaid  Lacquer  Chest  Ming 

Square,  with  two  bail  handles ;  five  compartments  including 
two  in  a  drawer.  Black  lacquer,  inlaid  in  ivory  with  figures, 
landscapes,  pavilions,  flowers  and  clouds. 

Diameter,  12i/3  inches. 

Mi  tsuda  Lacquer  Cabinet  ^ '  ^^AivrTg 

Oblong,  the  base  flaring ;  hinged  top  and  two  doors ;  three 
drawers  besides  an  upper  compartment ;  two  bail  handles. 
Decorated  in  soft  tones  of  polychrome  lacquer  painting  with 
landscape,  pavilions  and  figures,  flowers  and  fruits,  on 
greenish  and  brown-black  grounds — interior  ground,  ver¬ 
milion.  Height,  15  inches.  , 

Pair  Lacquer  Tabourets  Cliicn-luntf  - 

Quadrilater  d  with  chamfered  corners,  shallow  pierced  difum 
and  scrolled  skirt;  scrolled  legs  on  knob  feet  which  rest  on 
an  open  base  following  tbe  contour  of  the  top  or  seat.  All 
surfaces  finely  penciled  in  gold  lacquer  on  a  black  ground, 
the  decorations  including  lotus  and  other  floral  scrolls,  bats 
and  scroll-fret.  14%  inches. 


643 — Pair  Red  Lacquer  Pedestals  or  Tali 

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644 — 


Ming 

Carvec^  wood  five-legged  table-stands,  painted  with  red 
lacquer  of  finely  aged,  soft  and  warm  tone,  and  retaining 
traces  of  gold  pencilings  not  visible  as  design  but  as  pleasing 
notes  mingling  with  a  black  patina  of  time  and  usage;  cir¬ 
cular  tops,  the  legs  resting  on  circular  bases.  Below  the 
tops,  shallow  drums  pierced  with  decorated  quatrefoils; 
foliated  skirts,  the  legs  cabriole  on  knob  feet,  and  them¬ 
selves  carved  with  relief  scrolls. 

Height,  29 '4  inches;  tan  diameter.  1544  inches. 

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Inlaid  Black  Lacquer  Lhest  Ming 

Rectilinear;  the  top  showing  vestiges  of  floral  painting  in 
color,  the  front  richly  ornamented  in  brilliant  mother-of- 
pearl  inlay  with  a  pair  of  phoenixes  about  a  rock  peony  tree 
with  glowing  blooms. 

Length.  33%  inches:  width,  21  >/,  inches;  depth ,  2(i \/2  indies. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


645 — Pair  Lacquer  Armchairs 


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Conventional  rectangular  model  with  open  back,  horse-shoe 
rail  inclined,  vase-shaped  splat,  and  round  stiles  and  posts 
Hanked  by  wings.  Black  lacquer,  with  regal  ornamentation 
in  gold,  picturing  waterside  landscapes  and  pavilions,  be¬ 
sides  lotus  and  other  floral  scrolls  and  a  variety  of  borders. 
Have  K’ang-hsi  silk  velvet  brocade  cushions. 


646 — Pair  Gold  Lacquer  Armchairs 

Rectangular,  with  solid  arms  and  back,  all  paneled,  and 
quadrilateral  legs  and  braces.  On  the  seat  a  foliated  medal¬ 


lion  in  lotus  motive  involved  with  a  conventional  dragon- 


scroll  and  bats,  the  same  motives  being  continued  in  the 
decoration  of  all  surfaces  of  the  chair — except  the  rear  of 
the  back,  which  displays  flower  and  fruit  sprays — the  whole 
finely  penciled  in  gold  lacquer  on  a  black  ground.  Copied 
after  Ch’ien-lung  originals. 


647 — Pair  Lacquer  Armchairs 


Rectangular  seat,  with  arms,  back  and  knee  braces  in  bold 


open  scrolls,  and  broad  splat  straight  as  to  its  sides  but 


fashioned  in  wavy  line.  Black  lacquer,  with  highly  ornate 
decoration  in  gold,  including  finely  designed  lotus  scrolls, 
mountain  landscapes  broad  and  comprehensive,  lattices  and 
fret  scrolls.  Have  K’ang-hsi  silk  velvet  brocade  cushions. 


648 — Mitsuda  Lacquer  Bench  or  Long  Stand 


Ming 


Oblong,  with  solid  underbrace  forming  a  lower  shelf.  The 
top  or  seat  a  Ming  panel  in  black  lacquer,  elaborate^ 
painted  in  polychrome  of  soft  tonal  qualities,  with  an  ex¬ 
tensive  landscape,  figure  and  architectural  composition,  in 
which  appear  travelers,  sages  and  immortals,  pavilions  and 
castle  walls,  pine  trees  and  mountains.  Border  of  flowers 
and  birds. 


Length,  41  %  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


649— Japanese  Carved  Wood  Altar  Table  KamaTcura  Period 
Oblong  top  with  scrolled  ends,  borne  upon  cyma-scroll  legs 
which  rest  on  an  open  quadrilateral  base.  The  legs  are 
boldly  fluted,  and  heavily  scrolled  at  the  feet ;  at  the  skirt 
they  become  straight,  and  the  skirt  itself  is  finely  carved 
in  openwork  in  rich  lotus-scroll  design. 

Height,  44%  inches;  length,  56%  inches. 


650 


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Gold  Lacquer  Altar  Table 

Oblong,  with  four  legs,  each  pair  on  a  solid  base  which  sup¬ 
ports  also  a  conspicuous  ju-i  ornament ;  fret  skirt.  Gold 
lacquer  ornamentation  on  a  black  ground,  consisting  of  foli¬ 
ated  medallions  and  panels  depicting  flowers  and  birds  and 
a  waterside  landscape,  within  a  ground  of  swastika  lattice ; 
also,  elaborate  lotus  scrolls.  The  whole  in  early  Ch’ien-lung 
style. 

Length,  61%  inches. 

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651 — Gold  Lacquer  Altar  Iable 

Similar  to  the  preceding  but  smaller,  with  scrolled  skirt  and 


quadrilateral  legs;  similar  decoration. 


Length,  49%  inches. 


652 


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Mitsuda  Lacquer  Cabinet 
Its  conspicuous  features  two  mitsuda  lacquer  doors  of  the 
Ming  period,  which  at  some  subsequent  but  not  modern  time 
were  mounted  in  their  present  teakwood  cabinet  environ¬ 
ment  ;  the  cabinet  oblong,  with  an  upper  shelf  open  on  all 
sides  above  the  enclosed  section  of  the  cabinet,  and  above 
this  a  solid  top  or  superior  shelf.  The  door  decorations  are 
in  rich  soft  polychrome  and  depict  high  officials  holding 
receptions  at  their  homes,  with  children  at  play  among  birds 
and  flowers.  On  four-legged  modern  stand. 


Height,  60%  inches  (with  stand);  length.  53%  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


653 — Mitsuda  Lacquer  Cabinet  Ming 

^  Oblong,  with  two  doors.  Finely  designed  ornamentation 

painted  in  gold  and  colors  on  a  ground  of  ricli  black,  repre¬ 
senting  ladies  and  gentlemen  at  a  garden  party,  and  birds 
and  butterflies.  Mounted  on  a  modern  stand. 


Height  (with  stand),  62  inches;  length,  37%  inches. 


654 — Mitsuda  Lacquer  Cabinet 


Companion  to  the  preceding. 


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Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


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-Foi  it-FOLD  Carved  Lacquer  Coromandel  Screen 

K’ang-hsi 

Rich  polychrome  decoration,  in  soft  notes,  on  an  ebony- 
black  ground,  the  principal  elements  immortals  and  attend¬ 
ants  borne  upon  animals  and  clouds,  and  upon  a  shell,  turtle 
or  tree-trunk  over  waves,  on  a  voyage  to  the  realms  of  para¬ 
dise.  Borders  of  flowers  and  flying  birds,  emblems  and  orna¬ 
ments.  On  the  reverse,  dragons,  landscapes  and  poems. 


H fight,  94  inches:  panel  width,  19 '4  inches. 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


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Mmg 


56 — Pair  Mitsuda  Lacquer  Doors 

Painted  in  soft  tones  on  a  black  ground  with  extensive  land¬ 
scape  compositions  and  figures — sages  variously  diverting 
themselves  at  a  garden  party. 

Height,  78 y3  inches;  width  (each),  15  inches. 


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65T — Mitsuda  Lacquer  Three-fold  Fire  Screen 

The  folds  or  panels  are  not  hinged  but  fixed,  set  in  a  rigid 
frame  of  globe  and  scroll  design,  the  side  panels  at  an  angle, 
as  the  partly  opened  wings  of  a  triptych.  Black  lacquer 
painted  in  colors  and  gold  with  landscapes,  pavilions  and 
many  figures,  including  a  company  of  horsemen  at  a  great 
gate.  On  the  reverse,  birds  and  flowers. 

Height,  37  inches;  total  'width,  29  inches. 


Jlo. 


658 — Mitsuda  Lacquer  Four-fold  Screen 


Mmg 

The  two  end-folds  in  gate  form.  Paneled  decoration  of 
phoenixes,  herons,  ducks  and  song  birds,  the  tree  peony  and 
the  lotus  and  other  flowers,  broadly  and  finely  painted  in 
time-softened  colors  on  a  black  ground  of  dull  lustre. 


Height,  68  inches;  gavel  width,  18  inches. 


659 

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■Four-fold  Silk  Painted  Screen  Ming 

Formed  of  four  Ming  kakemono  painted  in  colors  on  silk,  in 
modern  mounting.  The  paintings  depict  ladies  of  the 
palace,  boys  and  nobles,  women  musicians,  and  an  emperor 
seated,  the  figures  appearing  in  pavilions,  on  terraces  and 
in  gardens,  in  a  variety  of  soft  colors  on  a  soft  brown 
ground. 

Height,  72ys  inches;  panel  width,  2-1  y2  inches. 
( Illustrated ) 


No.  659 — Four-fold  Silk  Painted  Screen  ( Ming ) 


Third  and  Last  Afternoon 


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660 — Carved  Cinnabar  Lacquer  Three-foxd  Screen**  Minn 


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Each  fold  in  dado  and  deep  frieze;  in  the  frieze  a  phoenix- 
and-peonv  medallion  within  a  latticed  square,  in  the  dado  a 
foliated  medallion  and  a  quadrilateral  panel  set  within  an 
oblong*  of  the  lattice,  the  medallion  enclosing  a  dragon  and 
the  panel  another  of  the  fabulous  animals  of  Celestial  imag¬ 
ery.  Around  all,  borders  of  bats  and  Shou  characters. 
Finely  carved,  and  in  soft  and  varied  cinnabar  tones,  with 
traces  of  gold  enrichment.  Reverse  lined  with  silk  brocade 
of  rich  golden-bronze  hue. 

Height,  7ly2  inches;  panel  width,  26  inches. 


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661 — Ko-ssu  Tapestry  and  Teakwood  Screen  Ch'ien-lung 
Eight  folds,  with  five  tiers  of  panels,  the  frieze  and  dado  in 
panels  of  solid  teakwood  carved  in  relief,  the  former  with 
bats  encircling  a  Shou  medallion  and  the  latter  with  the 
twin-fish  from  the  Pa  Chi-hsiang,  and  the  three  intervening 
tiers  in  panels  of  fine  ko-ssu  tapestry.  The  tapestry  panels, 
finely  wrought  in  silk  colors  with  gold  background,  present 
in  landscape  settings  the  scenario  of  an  historical  war,  with 
more  than  two  score  figures  appearing,  warriors  and  civil¬ 
ians,  some  of  them  on  horseback.  In  the  end-folds  the  tap¬ 
estry  panels  give  place  to  panels  of  gold  embroidery  with 
dragons,  and  panels  of  silk  brocade  with  flowers. 


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Height,  83  inches;  panel  width,  14y3  inches. 


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A  triptych  of  two  wings  set  at  an  angle,  flanking  a  broad 
central  panel,  and  all  resting  in  elaborately  carved  teakwood 
pedestals.  The  three  folds  or  panels  are  themselves  paneled 
or  compartmented,  individually,  by  means  of  finely  carved 
and  pierced  framing,  the  twenty-two  enclosures  thus  formed 
being  adorned  in  a  prodigality  of  magnificence  with  precious 
and  semi-precious  stones,  enamels  and  lacquers,  on  a  back¬ 
ground  of  turquoise  and  gold.  This  ornamentation  numbers 
thirty-five  objects,  including  vases  of  white  jade  and  fei-ts’ui 
jade,  rock  crystal  and  carnelian,  cinnabar  lacquer,  and 
cloisonne  enamel  with  gilt  bronze  mountings,  besides  jade 
flowers,  a  lapis-lazuli  bowl  of  jade  peaches,  and  a  recumbent 
lion  carved  in  malachite. 

Height,  including  pedestal,  87  inches;  length.  98  inches. 


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